eldertongue

Old English · noun

doc

Part of speech
noun, masculine
IPA
/doːk/
Syllables
doːk (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. bastard

  2. mongrel, hybrid

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), with a change in meaning from "cloth, rag" to "something worthless". Compare similar semantic development in the verb dēċan (“to daub", also "to smear”).

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