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Where does “diler” come from?

diler (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English dealer, from Middle English delare, from Old English dǣlere.

diler (Serbo-Croatian): drug dealer

Definitions

  1. drug dealer

Ancestry of “diler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdealerOne who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a...
2Middle EnglishdelareA distributor or splitter; one who parts or gives...
3Old Englishdǣlere—
Every word from Old English dǣlere →