English
dealing
Dealing comes from Middle English delynge ‘dealing out’, from Old English dǣling, equivalent to deal + -ing.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150dǣling
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500delynge‘dealing out’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1598dealing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150dǣling
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500delynge‘dealing out’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1596–1598dealing
Earliest quotation: c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice: “Shylock: O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose…”
Formed from deal + -ing
Proto-Germanic *dailiz ‘part’
Proto-West Germanic *daili ‘part’
Old English dǣl ‘part’
Middle English del ‘a part’
English deal
Every English word from Old English dǣling
Today it means
noun A business transaction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English dǣling / dealing