deck
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɛk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.
Related words
pack of cards
deck of cards
roof-deck
deck of bridge
tape transport
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