| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  d. |
| DEFINITION: | Common Semitic noun *ad-, father, lord. 1. Adonai, from Hebrew  dôn y, my lord, from dôn, lord. 2. Adonis, from Greek Ad nis, from Phoenician *adn, lord. Both 1 and 2 from Common Semitic extended form *adn-, lord. |
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