"first appearance of light in the morning," late 13c., verbal noun from dawn (v.). It superseded Middle English dauing, dawing, dayinge, from Old English dagung.
daw
dawdle
dawdling
dawg
dawn
dawning
day
day care
day-book
daybreak
day-dream
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