Etymology

self-deal

Today it means: To engage in dealings favorable to oneself as principal, taking advantage of one's position as fiduciary. Full definition →

English deal ← Middle English delen ← Old English dǣlan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*dailiz
  10. Proto-Germanic*dailijaną
  11. Old Englishdǣlan
  12. Middle Englishdelen
  13. Englishdeal
  14. English todayself-deal

From self- + deal.

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