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due
mid-14c., from O.Fr.
deu
, pp. of
devoir
"to owe," from L.
debere
"to owe" (see
debt
). In reference to points of the compass (e.g.
due east
) it is attested from c.1600, originally nautical, from notion of "fitting, rightful."