Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To distribute alms, etc., in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. · To distribute (as, alms) in small amounts; to share out (small portions of a meager resource).
Distribution; dealing; apportionment. · Distribution of alms or gifts. · Money or other goods given as charity. · Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Polish dola (“fate, cut”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal. First attested in the late 12th c. The verb is first attested in the mid-15th c.
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This page abbreviates 2 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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