dawdle etymology

Etymology:

• From Middle English dadelen, doden, frequentatives of daden, doden "to walk slowly," from Old English tadan "to go."

Meaning:

• To move or act slowly or idly.
• To waste time by moving or working slowly.
• To linger or delay.

Origin:

• The verb dawdlen is a frequentative form of the verb to dade or to dode, which means "to walk slowly" in Middle English.
• This verb, in turn, derives from the Old English verb tadan, which has the same meaning.
• The word tadan is believed to be related to the Proto-West Germanic taddjan and the Proto-Germanic taddjan, which also mean "to go" or "to walk."
• The ultimate origin of this root is uncertain, but it may be related to the Proto-Indo-European root *tadh-, which means "to make fat" and also "to stretch."

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