English
digne
Digne comes from Latin dignus ‘appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-noreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dek-no-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdignus‘appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving, fit, proper, suitable, becoming’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400digne
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘worthy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱ-noreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dek-no-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdignus‘appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving, fit, proper, suitable, becoming’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400digne
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘worthy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
Earliest quotation: 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas: “Deeds they shall do so digne memorious glory, /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to take’
doctor, document, decent, tail, decoration, doctrine, decor, paradox, dogma, fonda, docile, doctrinal, dodo, décor, dox, docent, 53 more
through Proto-Italic *dek-no-
through Latin dignus ‘appropriate, fitting, worthy, meet, deserving,…’
dignity, disdain, dainty, indignation, indignant, dignitary, deign, 7 more
Today it means
adj worthy; honourable; deserving; suitable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- / digne