different between doter vs goter

English

Etymology

dote +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??t?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??t?(?)

Noun

doter (plural doters)

1. One who dotes; a person whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard.

Synonyms

• (dotard): dodipole, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard

Anagrams

• orted, roted, toder, trode

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?t?re, present active infinitive of d?t?. Doublet of douer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.te/

Verb

doter

1. (transitive) to endow, donate
2. (transitive) to fund

Conjugation

Further reading

• “doter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• torde

Latin

Verb

d?ter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of d?t?

Old French

Alternative forms

• douter
• doubter
• duter

Etymology

From Latin dubit?.

Verb

doter

1. to doubt
2. to fear; to be afraid (of)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• English: doubt
• French: douter

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (2. doter, supplement)
• duter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ??????? (dohtriz, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duht?r, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ugh?t?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d?ù?te??], [d?ò???te??]

  Rhymes: -ù?t?r, -?r

Noun

doter f (definite dotra, plural doter or dötter)

1. Daughter.

Derived terms

• mågromdoter
• sónadoter

Middle English

Noun

goter

1. gutter

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Grote, Roget, Trego, ergot

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gotar or goti

Noun

goter m (definite singular goteren, indefinite plural gotere, definite plural goterne)

1. (historical) a Goth

Derived terms

• vestgoter

Related terms

• gotisk
• visigoter

See also

• gotar (Nynorsk)

References

• “goter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “goter” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).