Daily
/ˈdeɪ.li/noun
Happening or done every day.
Did you know?Daily comes through Old English from a word meaning “of the day,” ultimately from the same ancient root behind Latin dies, the source of divine and calendar words like deity and diary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dyeu-
“to shine; sky, day, daylight”
Latin
Latin
diēs
“day”
Late Latin
Latin
diurnalis
“of a day; daily”
Old French
Old French
deiuel / diariole
“daily; of each day”
Old English
English
dæglic
“pertaining to a day; daily”
Middle English
English
daily
“occurring every day”
Modern English
English
daily
“happening or done every day”