English
a good deal
A good deal comes from English deal ‘division, portion, share’.
- English1500–presentdeal‘division, portion, share’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835a good deal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- English1500–presentdeal‘division, portion, share’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835a good deal
Earliest quotation: 1835, James Hogg: “He said he was sometimes whistling a tune to…”
Made of the words a + good + deal
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’
Proto-Germanic *ainaz ‘one’
Proto-West Germanic *ain ‘one’
Old English ān ‘one; a certain’
Middle English a
English a
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‘to unite, be associated, suit’
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz ‘good’
Proto-West Germanic *gōd ‘good’
Old English gōd ‘good’
Middle English good
English good
Proto-Germanic *dailiz ‘part’
Proto-West Germanic *daili ‘part’
Old English dǣl ‘part’
Middle English del ‘a part’
English deal
Every English word from English deal
Today it means
adv Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English deal / a good deal