Where does “adversely” come from?
Adversely comes from Middle English -ly added to Latin adversus, meaning "turned against," from Latin advertere, derived from Latin ad- meaning "to" and the root ad from Proto-Indo-European ád.
adversely (English): In an adverse manner
Definitions
- In an adverse manner
Ancestry of “adversely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adverse | Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect;... |
| 2 | Old French | avers | — |
| 3 | Latin | adversus | set opposite, adverse, having been set against;... |
| 4 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |