Haggle

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late 16th century (in the sense ‘hack, mangle’): from Old Norse hǫggva ‘hew’.

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1570s, "to cut unevenly" (implied in haggler), frequentative of Middle English haggen(“to chop”), variant of hacken(“to hack”), equivalent to hack +‎ -le. Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c.1600, probably from notion of chopping away. [1]

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haggle (v.)

1570s, "to cut unevenly, mangle in cutting" (implied in haggler "clumsy workman"), frequentative of haggen "to chop" (see hack (v.1)). Sense of "argue about price" first recorded c. 1600, probably from notion of chopping away. Related: Haggled; haggling.