donation
English
/dəʊˈneɪʃən/, /doʊˈneɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French donation derived from Latin dōnātiō (a present) root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deh₃-
Gloss
give, spread out, lay out
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addendum English
- back English
- backdonation English
- condone English
- donate English
- donationware English
- dono English
- edit English
- hemodonation English
- microdonation English
- absconsus Latin
- addere Latin
- additio Latin
- additiōnem Latin
- addō Latin
- commendare Latin
- commendo Latin
- commendō Latin
- dare Latin
- data Latin
- datum Latin
- datīvus Latin
- demando Latin
- donatio Latin
- dosis Latin
- dēmandō Latin
- dēmandō, dēmandāre, demando Latin
- dō Latin
- dōnātiō Latin
- dōnātiōnem Latin
- dōtāre Latin
- editio Latin
- mandatorius Latin
- mando Latin
- mandātum Latin
- perditio Latin
- perdo Latin
- reddo Latin
- reddō Latin
- redono Latin
- trāditiō Latin
- trāditiōnem Latin
- vendere, vendo Latin
- venditor Latin
- vendo Latin
- ēditiō Latin
- ēditus Latin
- Donation German
- donazione Italian
- datief Dutch, Flemish
- donatie Dutch, Flemish
- donation French
- rendition French
- donación Spanish, Castilian
- δαίμων Ancient Greek
- δόσις Ancient Greek
- παράδοσις Ancient Greek
- ἀντίδοτον Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδοσις Ancient Greek
- *de-dh₃-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *de-dóh₃-e Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *dé-deh₃-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃nom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃rom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tis Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op-eio/e- Proto-Indo-European
- donation Swedish
- दामन् Sanskrit
- dowarye Middle English
- dower Middle English
- *da Proto-Slavic
- *danь Proto-Slavic
- doneur Old French
- donaci Esperanto
- donació Catalan, Valencian
- додан Persian
- دادن Persian
- տամ Old Armenian
- donacar Ido
- donation Middle French
- donner Middle French
- *ɸrodāti, *ɸro-dāti Proto-Celtic
- *didō Proto-Italic
- *dōnāō Proto-Italic
- *toxe- Proto-Uralic
- *(e)δaś- Proto-Albanian
- *dhu̯onti Proto-Albanian
- *dāta- Proto-Iranian
- 𐎭𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
- 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 Old Persian
- rodif Middle Welsh
- دان Central Kurdish
- ēditor LL