## Meanings
1. Food made from milk, such as cheese, butter, and yogurt.
2. Relating to milk and the products made from it.
3. A place where milk is processed or where dairy products are made or sold.

## Examples
- She stopped eating dairy and felt much healthier.
- The region is famous for its dairy farms.
- Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.

## Derived Forms
- antidairy
- dairy-free
- dairyer
- dairygirl
- dairyhouse
- dairying
- dairyland
- dairyless
- dairylike
- dairymaid
- dairyman
- dairywoman

## Related Forms
- milky

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeyǵʰ-
- Root: deyerie

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.

## AI Etymology
Dairy is inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie. The historical chain includes *dʰeyǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European), deyerie (Middle English), and deyerie (Anglo-Norman). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as antidairy, dairy-free, dairyer, and dairygirl and related forms such as milky. In present use it covers food made from milk, such as cheese, butter, and yogurt, relating to milk and the products made from it, and a place where milk is processed or where dairy products are made or sold.

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- Food & Drink

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