English
afterdeal
Afterdeal comes from Middle English afterdele.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500afterdele
- Englishearliest quotation 1889afterdeal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500afterdele
- Englishearliest quotation 1889afterdeal
Earliest quotation: 1889, Sir Thomas Mallory: “And thus the battaile was great, and oftentimes that…”
Proto-Germanic *dailiz ‘part’
Proto-West Germanic *daili ‘part’
Old English dǣl ‘part’
Middle English del ‘a part’
English deal
Every English word from Middle English afterdele
Today it means
noun Disadvantage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English afterdele / afterdeal