daft Jump to navigation Jump to browse English[edit] Etymology[edit] From Center British dafte , defte (“gentle; possessing great manners; simple, modest; unpleasant; boring; boorish”), coming from Old English dæfte (“accommodating; mild, meek, moderate”), [1] , from Proto-West Germanic *daftī (“proper, suited”), ultimately coming from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“fitting; to go