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Where does “affirmatively” come from?

Affirmatively comes from Middle English affirmativeli, a formation from the adverbial suffix -li applied to affirmative.

affirmatively (English): In an affirming manner

Definitions

  1. In an affirming manner

Ancestry of “affirmatively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaffirmativeli—
Every word from Middle English affirmativeli →