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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

ALL DISPUTES ↗
CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 306

DISPUTE
RECORD.

One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

resolvedestablished

Did dairy originally name milk as a substance?

No. The earliest reviewed route names a milk-production place built on the woman responsible for the work.

WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 306

dairy

/ˈdɛəri/ · noun and adjective

Milk, milk products, or a place and enterprise devoted to them; historically built on the occupational word for a woman managing milk and food production.

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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

1 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
Merriam-Webster derives the place noun from deie, a woman in charge of milking and making butter and cheese.
RESOLUTION NOTE

Modern product senses are retained as later semantic expansion.