daughter

Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːtə/

The English word “daughter” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

One’s female offspring.
A female descendant.
A daughter language.
A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
A descendant.
A female character of a creator.
A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

Etymology

From Middle English doghter, doughter, from Old English dohtor (“daughter”), from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

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