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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English dignete, [[bor|fro|digneté|t=dignity, privilege, honour]] (modern French dignité),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Latin dignitās, dignitātem, worthiness,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from dignus, worthy, fitting (related to decēre, to be proper; see [[decent]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *dek-, to take, accept.^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[dainty]].^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[inh|enm|dignete]], [[bor|fro|digneté|t=dignity, privilege, honour]] (modern [[fr|dignité]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|dignitās]], dignitātem, worthiness,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|dignus]], worthy, fitting (related to decēre, to be proper; see [[decent]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[ine-pro|*dek-]], to take, accept.^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[dainty]].^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==