Where does “adoringly” come from?
Adoringly comes from English adore plus the Old English suffix -līċ, ultimately from Latin adōrāre, composed of ad- meaning toward and ōrāre meaning to speak or pray.
adoringly (English): In an adoring manner
Definitions
- In an adoring manner
Ancestry of “adoringly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adoring | present participle of adore; Showing adoration or... |
| 2 | English | adore | To worship; To love with one's entire heart and... |
| 3 | Middle English | adoren | — |
| 4 | Old French | adorer | to praise |
| 5 | Latin | adōrō | to speak to, accost, address; negotiate a matter with |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |