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dur⋅ing

  [door-ing, dyoor-]
Use during in a Sentence
–preposition
1. throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
2. at some time or point in the course of: They departed during the night.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see dure 2 , -ing 2

dure

2  [door, dyoor]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), dured, dur⋅ing. Archaic.
endure.
Origin:
1225–75; ME < OF durer < L dūrāre to last; see dure 1
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dur·ing   (dŏŏr'ĭng, dyŏŏr'-)   
prep.  

  1. Throughout the course or duration of: suffered food shortages during the war.

  2. At some time in: was born during a blizzard.


[Middle English, from present participle of duren, to last, from Old French durer, from Latin dūrāre; see deuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

during 
c.1385, prp. of obsolete verb duren "to last, endure" (c.1275), from O.Fr. durer, from L. durare "endure." During the day really is "while the day endures," and the usage is a transference into Eng. of a L. ablative absolute.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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