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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 Englishdæġlīċ—
3Proto-Germanicdagalīkazdaily

Words derived from “daily”

  • dailiness
  • intradaily
  • nondaily
  • subdaily
  • interdaily
  • tridaily
  • bidaily
  • multidaily
Every word from Proto-Germanic dagalīkaz →