English

due

/djuː/
Owed or owing.

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    Origin

    From Middle English dewe, dew, due, from Old French deü (“due”), past participle of devoir (“to owe”), from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”), from dē- (“from”) + habeō (“to have”).

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    • rootProto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ- “to grab, take”
    • derivedMiddle Englishdewe
      • derivedOld Frenchdeu “due”
        • derivedLatindēbeō “to owe”
          • prefixLatindē- “of; from”
            • derivedLatindē “out of; down from”
              • inheritedProto-Italic*dē
            • derivedMedieval Latinmarcō “to mark”
          • partLatinhabeō “to have”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*haβēō

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