Etymology
Meaning and Origin
"Seldom" means "not often; infrequently." It originally referred to a specific time interval (e.g., every other day) but later came to mean "not very often."
The word has Germanic roots and is related to the Gothic word "skalds," which also means "infrequent." It is believed that the Germanic word is derived from a Proto-Indo-European root *kel-, meaning "to divide" or "to separate."
This root is also found in other words such as "calendar" (from Latin "calendae," meaning "the first day of the month"), which was originally a way to divide the year into months.
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