Where does “adulatorily” come from?
adulatorily (English) comes from English adulatory, from Latin adulatorius, from Latin adūlātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
adulatorily (English): In an adulatory manner
Definitions
- In an adulatory manner
Ancestry of “adulatorily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adulatory | Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering |
| 2 | Latin | adulatorius | flattering, adulatory |
| 3 | Latin | adūlātor | a low cringing flatterer; a sycophant |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |