Where does “aguishly” come from?
aguishly (English) comes from English aguish, from English ague, from Middle English agu, from Middle French aguë, from Latin acūta, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus — sharp.
aguishly (English): In an aguish manner; as though suffering from...
Definitions
- In an aguish manner; as though suffering from...
Ancestry of “aguishly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aguish | Characteristic of ague |
| 2 | English | ague | An acute fever; An intermittent fever, attended... |
| 3 | Middle English | agu | — |
| 4 | Middle French | aguë | acute |
| 5 | Latin | acūta | — |
| 6 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 7 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 8 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |