dee
Middle English
/deː/
noun
Definitions
- A die or dice cube used in games and gambling
- A game which utilises or employs dice.
- (rare) A piece or cube of diced food.
- (rare) Something of little value.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French de (of, augmentative prefix) derived from Latin datum (given, a given, thrown).
Origin
Latin
datum
Gloss
given, a given, thrown
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- datum English
- datumi Finnish
- *dadu Latin
- datum Latin
- dē Latin
- Datum German
- dátum Hungarian
- dato Spanish, Castilian
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- أَعْدَاد Arabic
- de Old French
- debonaire Old French
- decy Old French
- deputaire Old French
- derere Old French
- datum Serbo-Croatian
- datum Middle Dutch
- d' Norman
- dato Venetian