The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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ENTRY: | agh- |
DEFINITION: | A day (considered as a span of time). Oldest form *ah-, becoming *agh- in centum languages. a. day; daisy, today, from Old English dæg, day; b. Landtag, from Old High German tag, day; c. dawn, from Old English denominative dagian, to dawn. ac all from Germanic *dagaz (with initial d- of obscure origin), day. (Pokorny her- 7.) |
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