deaf

(Αγγλικός)

Συχνότητα

B2
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/dɛf/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English def, deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τυφλός (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb. Doublet of daff, dof, and dowf.

Related words

κουφός

κωφός

αδιάφορος

ku’fos

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