Meaning
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *deupaz Proto-West Germanic *deup Old English dēop Middle English dep English deep From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognates Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), Low German deep (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Central Franconian deep, deef (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamovian tif, tīf, tiif (“deep”), Yiddish טיף (tif, “deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish djup (“deep”), Scanian djyber (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål djup, dyp (“deep”), Faroese and Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 16 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-09-30PACDEKN
- 2026-09-16PDEINOW
- 2026-09-07PCDEHIT
- 2026-07-01ECDHIPU
- 2026-01-07PDNLEMU
- 2025-11-27PCTNEDI
- 2025-10-24PDEIMNT
- 2025-02-28PNCKIDE
- 2024-12-16PDTIEOV
- 2024-11-27PADEGOY
- 2023-12-24PNAIHDE
- 2023-09-19PDXNGEI
+4 earlier appearances in the archive.