Where does “daily” come from?

Daily comes from Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-Germanic dagalīkaz, meaning resembling or characteristic of a day.

daily (English): That occurs every day, or at least every working...

Definitions

  1. That occurs every day, or at least every working...

Ancestry of “daily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdaylyconstant, habitual; daily; constantly, habitually
2Old Englishdæġlīċdaily
3Proto-Germanicdagalīkazdaily

Words derived from “daily

Every word from Proto-Germanic dagalīkaz