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dad

noun
/dæd/

Etymology

From Early Modern English dadd, dadde (circa 1500), undoubtedly older, from unrecorded Middle English *dadde, of uncertain ultimate origin. Compare West Frisian deite (“dad, daddy”), Swabian Dede (“Godfather”). * Perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad (from Proto-Brythonic *tad), Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, “uncle”) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, “grandfather”), all imitative. In Welsh, when subject to soft mutation (which occurs in vocative contexts, among others), tad becomes dad. * Perhaps imitative of a child's first uttered syllables da, da. * Possibly from a metathetic variation of a hypothetical Old English *ætta, *atta (“father”), from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (“father; dad”), Middle High German tate (“father, dad”) (whence German Tate (“dad”), Bavarian tatte (“dad”), Cimbrian tatta (“dad”)), Icelandic táta (“dad”)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, “father”).

  1. inherited from *dadde✻

Definitions

  1. A father, a male parent.

    • His dad was always there for him.

  2. Used to address one's father

    Used to address one's father; often capitalized.

    • Happy Father's Day, dad!

  3. Used to address an older adult male.

  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. To be a father to

      To be a father to; to parent.

    2. To act like a dad.

    3. A lump or piece.

    4. A blow

      A blow; act of striking something.

    5. To throw against something

      To throw against something; to dash.

    6. Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”).

    7. One’s father.

      • Dad told me to go out and mow the lawn.

    8. A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in…

      A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium.

    9. Acronym of diffuse alveolar damage.

    10. Acronym of Dutch angel dragon.

    11. Initialism of Dragon Age

      Initialism of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf (early title of Dragon Age: The Veilguard).

      • Currently replaying in preparation for DAD, and the Josiemance is still as lovely as I remember.

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Derived

ballet dad, bank of mum and dad, biodad, dad-blamed, dad bod, dadbod, dad burn, dad-burned, dadchelor party, dadcore, dad dancer, dad-dancing, dad dancing, daddish, dadhood, dadication, dad joke, dadless, dadlike, dadly, dadness, dadpreneur, dadrock, dadship, dad shower, dadsplain, dadvice, deadbeat dad, do-dad, doo-dad, eagle dad, granddad, ho-dad, Instadad, insta-dad, seahorse dad, soccer dad, stay-at-home dad, stepdad, superdad · +1 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dad. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA