English
alday
Alday comes from Middle English alday ‘all day’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alday‘all day’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500alday‘all day’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611same form
Earliest quotation: 1611, Joseph Hall, Epistle VIII. To E.B. Dedicated to Sir George Goring.: “To ſet the minde on the racke of long…”
Every English word from Middle English alday
Today it means
adv For the whole day; all day.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English alday / alday