doughty

Meanings

Adjective

• Bold; brave, courageous.

Noun

• A person who is bold or brave.

Origin

• The adjective is derived from Middle English doughti, douȝty, from Old English dohtiġ, dyhtiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-. The English word may be analysed as dought + -y, and is cognate with Danish dygtig, Dutch duchtig, German tüchtig, Icelandic dygðugur, Scots douchty, douchtie, Swedish duktig.
• The noun is derived from the adjective.