Morpheme
Dally
Type
free base
Denotation
waste time, dawdle, delay
Etymology
Middle English dalyen, dalien; Anglo-Norman delaier; Old French delaier, from de- + laiier
Evidence
dalliance, dallied, dallier, dallies, dally, dallying, dallyingly, undallying
Notes
dally and delay are doublets