d 2 a 1 u 1 n 1 t 1
5 letters · 6 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb cause to lose courage
originEtymology tree Old French danterbor. Latin domitō Old French donterbor. Middle English daunten English daunt 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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