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)

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

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