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Added 9 October 2026

daunt

/dɔːnt/ verb

Latin root: domitō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about daunt at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Cause to lose courage.
dashed by the refusal

Origin

From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.

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