Where does “dicker” come from?
dicker (English) comes from English diker, from English Dikê, from English diagonal cutters, from English diagonal, from Middle French diagonal, from Latin diagōnālis, from Ancient Greek διαγώνιος, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- — two.
dicker (English): To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale; To...
Definitions
- To bargain, haggle or negotiate over a sale; To...
Ancestry of “dicker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | diker | A ditcher; One who builds stone walls, usually... |
| 2 | English | Dikê | The goddess personifying the principle of justice |
| 3 | English | diagonal cutters | A cutting tool consisting of a pair of pliers with the working face being a pair of tapered, diagonal edges |
| 4 | English | diagonal | Joining two nonadjacent vertices; Having slanted... |
| 5 | Middle French | diagonal | — |
| 6 | Latin | diagōnālis | diagonal |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διαγώνιος | from angle to angle |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |