dere

Pronunciation: /dɪə/

The English word “dere” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Hurt; harm; injury.

verb

To hurt; harm; injure; wound.
To annoy, trouble, grieve.

Etymology

From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru (“injury, hurt, harm, damage, calamity; loss, deprivation”), from Proto-West Germanic *daru, from Proto-Germanic *darō (“damage, injury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā).

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