English

foredeal

Foredeal comes from Middle English foredel.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1527, Brewer, Brodie: “[...] and at a great foredeal already; [and as…”

Formed from fore- + deal

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’

Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’

Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’

English fore-

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 foredel

noun An advantage; benefit; profit.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.