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English

die

/daɪ/
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum.

    Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”).

    Etymology 4

    Borrowed from Latin die (“[in a] day”), locative of Latin dies (“day”).

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishdeyen
      • derivedOld Norsedeyja
        • derivedProto-Germanic*dawjaną “to die”
    • rootProto-Indo-European*dʰew- “to die”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishdee
      • derivedOld Frenchde “of, from”
        • derivedLatindatum “given”
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*deh₃- “to lay out, to spread out”
    • borrowedLatindie “􂀿in a􂁀 day”
      • derivedLatindies “day”
        • inheritedProto-Italic*djous “day, sky”
          • inheritedProto-Indo-European*dyḗws
          • derivedProto-Indo-European*dyḗws

    Related: English datum (doublet), French dé

    Meanings

    verb
    1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
    2. followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use
    3. followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences
    4. followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes
    5. followed by with as an indication of direct cause
    6. followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from)
    noun
    1. The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
    2. A device for cutting into a specified shape.
    3. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
    4. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
    5. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
    6. An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
    adv
    1. per day

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: die