due

English

/djuː/, /du/, /dʒʉː/

adj
Definitions
  • Owed or owing.
  • Appropriate.
  • Scheduled; expected.
  • Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
  • Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
  • On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass

Etymology

Derived from Middle English dewe derived from Old French deu, deü (due) derived from Latin dēbēre (must), habeō (have, hold, possess, keep, I have, own) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (take, grab, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰeh₁bʰ-

Gloss

take, grab, hold

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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