duty
English
/ˈdjuːti/, /duːti/
noun
Definitions
- That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
- A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
- (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee.
- (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
- The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
Etymology
Derived from Middle English duete, due, -te borrowed from Old French -te derived from Latin -tātem.
Origin
Latin
-tātem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -t English
- bound English
- duteous English
- duteously English
- duteousness English
- dutiable English
- dutied English
- dutiful English
- dutifuller English
- dutifully English
- dutifulness English
- dutiless English
- dutilessness English
- duty-free English
- dutybound English
- dutyless English
- dutyman English
- nondutiable English
- nonduty English
- unduteous English
- undutiable English
- undutied English
- undutiful English
- -tātem Latin
- -dad Spanish, Castilian
- *-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- duty-free Portuguese
- -te Old English
- -te Middle English
- dewe Middle English
- due Middle English
- duete Middle English
- -te Old French
- -teit Old French
- -tate Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- -dade Old Portuguese
- -tati Aromanian
- -dá Asturian
- -tât Friulian
- duti Tok Pisin
- dueté xno