English

daily

/ˈdeɪli/
That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.

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    Etymology 1

    From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishdayly
      • inheritedOld Englishdæġlīċ
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*dagalīk
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*dagalīkaz “daily”
      • inheritedOld English*dæġlīċe
    • surface analysisEnglishday “The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.”
    • suffixEnglish-ly “Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a …”
      • inheritedMiddle English-ly
        • inheritedOld English-līċe
        • inheritedOld English-līċ

    Related: Scots dayly, German Low German dagelk, Dutch dagelijks, German täglich, Danish daglig, Swedish daglig, Icelandic daglegur

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