Why Is It #CmonDown & not #CmonUp? (@PriceIsRight or in #AndAllThatJazz from @CHICAGOmusical or in @ImagitecLtd's #TheHumans)

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'That word' (below-hyperlinked to another famous place the directional adverb is used) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “|Down|” is built on ancient words that mean "to Close, |Finish, Come |Full-|Circle" (the sense seems to be that of 'Coming Down from the Elevated City-on-the-|Hill (Dune) -from the Higher Place to the Lower-'). #Down #DownMarket #DownHearted #Downer #Downbeat #Downcast 
The word for the "|Feathery |Material used in Pillows & Feather-Beds" is of uncertain origin beyond the Old Norse dunn. 
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