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Where does “acquiescingly” come from?

acquiescingly (English) comes from English acquiescing, from English acquiesce, from Middle French acquiescer, from Latin acquiesco, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.

acquiescingly (English): in an acquiescing manner

Definitions

  1. in an acquiescing manner

Ancestry of “acquiescingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacquiescingpresent participle of acquiesce
2EnglishacquiesceTo rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to...
3Middle Frenchacquiescer—
4LatinacquiescoI repose, rest; I die, rest in death; I find...
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—
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