Etymology

daily

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Today it means: That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day. Full definition →

Middle English dayly ← Old English dæġlīċ ← Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk
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daily · adjective, noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dagalīkaz“daily”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dagalīk
  3. Old English · inherited fromdæġlīċ
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdayly
  5. English todaydaily

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

daily · adverb2

  1. Old English · inherited from*dæġlīċe
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdayly
  3. English todaydaily

From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly.

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