DAUGHTER

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, doughter, from Old English dohtor; akin to Old High German tohter ~, Greek thygatēr Date: before 12th century 1. a female offspring especially of human parents, a female adopted child, a human female descendant, something considered as a ~ , an atomic species that is the product of the radioactive decay of a given element, ~less adjective II. adjective Date: 1614 having the characteristics or relationship of a ~, belonging to the first generation of offspring, organelles, or molecules produced by reproduction, division, or replication