dairy English · revision 7786

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1290}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈdɛə.ɹi/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English deierie, dayerie,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) formed with Anglo-French -erie, [[-ery]], from deie, daie, a dairymaid, female servant,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Old English dǣge, a kneader of bread,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) cognate with Old Norse deigja, housekeeper,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) and related to Gothic deigan, to knead, and [[dough]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) Merriam-Webster's Word Histories notes the same root in the second element of [[lady]].^(MW Word Histories)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A room or building where milk and cream are kept and made into butter and cheese: about 1290 in the OED, about 1300 in Barnhart and Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The pure native word was dey-house (mid-14th century).^(Etymonline) The branch of farming concerned with milk, butter and cheese is from about 1386 in the OED and the 1670s in Etymonline,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and a dairy farm from 1562.^(OED 1989) A shop selling milk and milk products is a later urban use,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and in New Zealand a dairy is a corner shop open outside normal hours.^(Collins 2023) ''Dairymaid'' is from 1599 and ''dairyman'' from 1784.^(Barnhart 1988) In Lancashire dialect dairy was also a form of diary.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1290 – a dairy room.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1386 – dairy farming.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1562 – a dairy farm.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1599 – dairymaid.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1780 – the verb.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A business that processes or sells [[milk]] and milk products.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A place where milk and cream are stored or made into [[butter]] and [[cheese]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A [[dairy farm]], or the dairy business.^(AHD)

+ # ''(New Zealand)'' A small shop open outside normal trading hours.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or made from milk: ''dairy products''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dairyer]]

+ * [[dairying]]

+ * [[dairyland]]

+ * [[dairyman]]

+ * [[dairywoman]]

+ * [[dairymaid]]

+ * [[nondairy]]

+ * [[dairy cattle]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dough]]

+ * [[lady]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}