dam.
draughts (UK), checkers (US)
Meaning & usage
draughts (UK), checkers (US)
checker (a pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard)
Where this word comes from
From Dutch dam (“king (draught/checkers)”), from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.
syllabic abbreviation of daerah militer (“military area”)
small pangkur to take out the sago
dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
Where this word comes from
From Dutch dam (“dam”), from Middle Dutch dam, from Old Dutch dam, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)
Where this word comes from
From Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.
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