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
Ancestry of “acquiescingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | acquiescing | present participle of acquiesce |
| 2 | English | acquiesce | To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to... |
| 3 | Middle French | acquiescer | — |
| 4 | Latin | acquiesco | I repose, rest; I die, rest in death; I find... |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |