dungun

dungun

Old French

Alternative forms

• dungon, dungeon, dongon, dongun, donjon

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dungiō, from Frankish *dungijō.

Noun

dungun m (oblique plural dunguns, nominative singular dunguns, nominative plural dungun)

1. keep (part of a dungeon)

Descendants

• Middle French: donjon, dongon, dongeon
  • French: donjon
    • → Dutch: donjon
    • → English: donjon
• Picard: donjôn (Athois)
• → Middle English: dongoun, dongeoun, dongeon, donjon, dungeon
  • English: dungeon