dungio

Latin

Alternative forms

dongiō, donjō, dungeō, dunjō

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *dungijō, from Proto-Germanic *dungijô, *dungijǭ (“dung-hill, underground cellar, vault”). Alternatively from or influenced by Late Latin dominium (“rule, dominion”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdun.ɡi.oː/, [ˈdʊŋ.ɡi.oː]

Noun

*dungiō f (genitive *dungiōnis); third declension[1]

(Medieval Latin) dungeon

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dungiō	dungiōnēs
Genitive	dungiōnis	dungiōnum
Dative	dungiōnī	dungiōnibus
Accusative	dungiōnem	dungiōnēs
Ablative	dungiōne	dungiōnibus
Vocative	dungiō	dungiōnēs

Descendants

Old French: dungun, dungon, dungeon, dongon, dongun, donjon
- Middle French: donjon, dongon, dongeon
  - French: donjon
    - → Dutch: donjon
    - → English: donjon
- Picard: donjôn (Athois)
- → Middle English: dongoun, dongeoun, dongeon, donjon, dungeon
  - English: dungeon

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “dominionus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 353

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[1] Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “dominionus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 353