Where does “bedroom deal” come from?

bedroom deal (English) comes from English bedroom, from English bed, from Middle English bed, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 — to think, reason; to arrange.

bedroom deal (English): Any business transaction conducted while in the bedroom, particularly during sexual intimacy

Definitions

  1. Any business transaction conducted while in the bedroom, particularly during sexual intimacy

Ancestry of “bedroom deal”, step by step

bedroom deal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bedroom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbedroomA room in a house where a bed is kept for...
2EnglishbedA piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on...
3Middle EnglishbedA place of rest or sleep
4Old Englishbeddbed
5Proto-West Germanicbadibed
6Persianبدیbadness
7Persianبدbad; not good; evil; poorly, badly
8Middle Persian𐭯𐭥𐭭to; at; in
9Proto-Iranianpati-against, toward; lord
10Proto-Iranian*rādi-
11Proto-Iranian*rād-
12Proto-Indo-IranianHraHdʰ-
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange

via English deal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdealA division, a portion, a share; An indefinite...
2Middle EnglishdelA part, proportion or section of something; The...
3Old Englishdǣlpart, share, portion; part, distribution
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-