Etymograph

English

dune

Dune comes from Dutch duin ‘a dune’.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentduin1‘a dune’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1975dune1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English dune
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1975, Texas A & M University. College of Geosc: “Heavy line segments (lengthened for clarity) indicate locations of…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentduinWiktionary, English dune‘a dune’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1975duneWiktionary, English dune. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1975, Texas A & M University. College of Geosc: “Heavy line segments (lengthened for clarity) indicate locations of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- ‘to finish, come full circle’

steam, dye, dew, funk, dag, duvet, fume, thymus, obfuscate, fumigation, typhon, 27 more

through Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’

down, town, teen, dun, tine

Today it means

noun A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Dutch duin / dune

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