daughter

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English word daughter comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (Daughter.)

*dʰugh₂tḗr (Proto-Indo-European)

Daughter.

*duhtēr (Proto-Germanic)

Daughter.

dohtor (Old English)

Daughter.

dōhtor (Old English)

doughter (Middle English)

daughter (English)

(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.. A daughter language.. A female descendant.. One’s female offspring.

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