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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1421|origins=ang dæġ}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ˈdeɪ.li/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed [[af|enm|day|-ly]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) and Middle English dayly continues [[inh|ang|dæġlīc]],^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988) found only in compounds such as twādæġlīc “happening once in two days”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is cognate with German [[m|de|täglich]] and Old Norse [[m|non|dagligr]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The usual Old English word for “daily” was dæġhwāmlīc, which survived as daiwhamlich into the 1200s.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The adjective: 1421, as daly, with dayly from 1423 and daily from 1447,^(Barnhart 1988) or the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) The adverb is from the early 15th century^(Etymonline) or about 1440.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ A daily newspaper is ''a daily'' from 1823, originally in the United States,^(OED 1989) or by 1832.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) ''Daily bread'', livelihood, is from 1906, and a cleaner who comes in every day but does not live in is ''a daily'' from 1933.^(OED 1989) In the cinema, ''dailies'' are the first prints of a day's filming, from 1934.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) ''Daily dozen'', a set of daily exercises, is from the early 20th century.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1421 – ''daly''.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * c. 1440 – adverb.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1447 – the spelling ''daily''.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * 1823 – a daily newspaper.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1933 – a daily cleaner.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1934 – dailies, film rushes.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Happening or done every day.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)
+ # Calculated for each day: ''a daily rate''.^(AHD)
+ # Of everyday life; ordinary.^(AHD)
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+ ===Adverb===
+ # Every day; once a day.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # A newspaper published every day or every weekday.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)
+ # ''(British)'' A cleaner who comes daily but does not live in.^(OED 1989)
+ # ''(plural)'' The first prints of a day's filming; the [[rushes]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dailiness]]
+ * [[daily-breader]]
+ * [[semidaily]]
+ * [[daily double]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[day]]
+ * [[daylight]]
+ * [[-ly]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}