| 【do, deed】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "don," and "dæd." It carries the basic meaning of "to do," "a doing," "action," and "event." from PIE *dheti- "[suffixed form of root *dhe-] thing laid down or done; law; deed" |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "do, deed"]
deed **[4173] A deed is something that is done, especially something that is very good or very bad.
do ****[12] If you do a particular thing with something, you use it in that particular way.
indeed ****[547] You use indeed to confirm or agree with something that has just been said.
[WORD ROOT]root do
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] do, deed
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) don, dæd
[MEANING]root to do, a doing, action, event
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 don make, act, perform, cause; to put, to place
- 【Old English】 dæd [from Proto-Germanic *dethi-] a doing, act, action, event
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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deed ★★[4173] noun from do
【DEFINITION】 A deed is something that is done, especially something that is very good or very bad.
【pl.】 deeds
【SYNONYM】 act
【ROOTs】 deed(do); to do, a doing, action, event
【Etymology】 《Old English dæd》 [from Proto-Germanic *dethi-] a doing, act, action, event
【First Known Meaning】 that which is done, acted, or performed, whether good or bad, great or small,
【DERIVATIVEs】 deedless, deed
do ★★★★[12] verb from do
【DEFINITION】 ① When you do something, you take some action or perform an activity or task. Do is often used instead of a more specific verb, to talk about a common action involving a particular thing. For example you can say `do your teeth' instead of `brush your teeth'.
② Do can be used to stand for any verb group, or to refer back to another verb group, including one that was in a previous sentence.
③ You can use do in a clause at the beginning of a sentence after words like `what' and `all', to give special emphasis to the information that comes at the end of the sentence.
【Declension/Conjugation】 did done doing does
【ROOTs】 do; to do, a doing, action, event
【Etymology】 《Old English don》 make, act, perform, cause; to put, to place
【First Known Meaning】 perform, execute, achieve, carry out, bring to pass by procedure of any kind
indeed ★★★★[547] adverb from deed 〈 do
【DEFINITION】 You use indeed to confirm or agree with something that has just been said.
【COMPOSITION】 in + deed
【ROOTs】 ⑴ in; in, on ⑵ deed(do); to do, a doing, action, event
【Etymology】 《Middle English in dede》 in fact, in truth, in reality
【First Known Meaning】 in fact, in truth, in reality
Other words containing "do, deed"; doing, misdeed
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
disk
direct
dicat-
dic-, dict-
demo-
decor-
deb-
dead
day
dat-
