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adown

Meaningdown from the hill

Common meaning: downward, in archaic or poetic use

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishof‘down from the hill’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsdown from the hill → downwardadune‘downward’source
  3. Englishadown‘downward, in archaic or poetic use’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English of ‘down from the hill’.

Roots

  • of Old English “down from the hill”

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