devoir

(də vwär, devwär′)

noun

  1. duty
  2. acts or expressions of due respect or courtesy, as in greeting

Origin: ME < OFr, to owe < L debere, to owe: see debt

See devoir in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An act or expression of respect or courtesy; civility. Often used in the plural: pay one's devoirs.
  2. Duty or responsibility.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, duty

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from devoir, to owe

Origin: , from Latin dēbēre; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots

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