Daughter definition
A daughter of the French Revolution.
Colonies are daughters of the mother country.
A daughter of the nation.
An example of a daughter is the little girl you gave birth to.
Daughter cell; daughter DNA.
Daughter atom; daughter nuclide.
Daughter cell; daughter DNA.
Daughter atom; daughter nuclide.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Origin of daughter
- Middle English doughter from Old English dohtor dhugəter- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English doughter, from Old English dōhtor, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr (compare Scots dochter, West Frisian dochter, Dutch dochter, German Tochter, Swedish dotter), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (compare Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugatēr), Mudhili Gadaba duxtīr, Tocharian A ckācar, Tocharian B tkācer, Lithuanian duktė̃, Armenian դուստր (dustr), Persian دختر (doχtar), Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)).
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