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do

To fare; to succeed or fail.

Etymology:

From Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.
The past tense form is from Middle English didde, dude, from Old English dyde, *diede, from Proto-Germanic *dedǭ/*dedē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, an athematic e-reduplicated verb of the same root *dʰeh₁-.
The use of do in interrogative, negative, and, formerly, affirmative sentences, unusual in Germanic languages, is thought to be calqued from Welsh.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

Additional definitions for 'do':

do	A syntactic marker
do	To perform; to execute.
do	To cause, make.
do	To suffice.
do	To be reasonable or acceptable.
do	To have.
do	To have as one's job.
do	To perform the tasks or actions associated with
do	To cook.
do	To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
do	To treat in a certain way.
do	To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
do	To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
do	To spend in jail.
do	To impersonate or depict.
do	To kill.
do	To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
do	To punish for a misdemeanor.
do	To have sex with.
do	To cheat or swindle.
do	To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
do	To finish.
do	To work as a domestic servant.
do	Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
do	To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
do	To make or provide.
do	To injure.
do	To take drugs.
do	to have a purpose or reason

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