## Etymology
From Middle English dirge, from Latin dirige ('direct!'), the imperative of dirigere, the first word of the antiphon ('Dirige, Domine...') in the Latin Office for the Dead.

## AI Etymology
Dirge is from Middle English dirge, from Latin dirige ('direct!'), the imperative of dirigere, the first word of the antiphon ('Dirige, Domine...') in the Latin Office for the Dead. The ancestry passes through Latin dirige, Latin dirigere, and Latin regere. In present use as a noun, it means "a mournful song or lament for the dead", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include direct and dirigible. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in direct and dirigible, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

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