death

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The end of life; the act or fact of dying.

   Her sudden death came as a shock to everyone.

2. 2
   noun

   The state of being dead.

   In death, his face looked peaceful at last.

3. 3
   noun

   The end or destruction of something.

   The new motorway meant the death of the small village shop.

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Simplified etymology

Death is an Old English word related to dead, Dutch dood, and German Tod “death.” Their shared ancient ancestor also gave rise to die.

From Middle English deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“de…

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