Etymograph

English

adree

Adree comes from Old English ādrēogan ‘to act, do, perform, practice, bear, suffer,…’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *dreuganą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dreuganąreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dreuganreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150drēogan‘to do, take, perform’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ādrēogan‘to act, do, perform, practice, bear, suffer, endure, pass time, live’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500adreȝen
  6. Englishtodayadree

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dreuganąreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dreuganreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150drēogan‘to do, take, perform’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ādrēogan‘to act, do, perform, practice, bear, suffer, endure, pass time, live’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500adreȝen
  6. Englishtodayadree

Formed from a- + dree

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Scots dree ‘to endure, suffer, put up with, undergo’

English dree

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą

Today it means

verb To carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).

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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dreuganą / adree

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