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daughter

/ˈdɔːtə/ noun

In Latin: filia, nata Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about daughter at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A female human offspring.
    her daughter cared for her in her old age

Origin

From Middle English doghter, doughter, from Old English dohtor (“daughter”), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

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