Etymology

maily

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Today it means: rough, rugged Full definition →

English mail ← Middle English male ← Old French male
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*malhō
  2. Frankish*malha
  3. Medieval Latinmala
  4. Anglo-Normanmale
  5. Old Frenchmale
  6. Middle Englishmale
  7. Englishmail
  8. English todaymaily

From mail + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.