Where Did Sundries Come from?
From Middle English Sundry, Sondry, Sindry, from Old English Syndriġ (“Separate, Single; Sundry, Various, Distinct; Special, Private, Peculiar, Exceptional...
From Middle English sundry, sondry, sindry, from Old English syndriġ (“separate, single; sundry, various, distinct; special, private, peculiar, exceptional, particular; characteristic; (distributive) one each”), from sundor (“asunder, apart, separately”); equivalent to sunder + -y.
What does sundries stand for?
Sundries (singular sundry) may refer to: Miscellaneous small items, usually of no large value and too numerous to mention separately, such as toiletries. Sundry (cricket)
Where does all and sundry come from?
An early example in Middle English is found in William Fraser's Memorials of the family of Wemyss, 1389: Til there thyngys al and syndry lelily and fermly to be fulfyllyt. [Until all and sundry things there are loyally fulfilled.] See other phrases and sayings from Shakespeare.
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