Where does “anchorably” come from?

anchorably (English) comes from English anchorable, from English anchor, from Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic ankurô, from Latin ancōra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα — joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith.

anchorably (English): In an anchorable manner

Definitions

  1. In an anchorable manner

Ancestry of “anchorably”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanchorableCapable of being anchored; That can be used as an...
2EnglishanchorA tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a...
3Middle Englishankeranchor
4Old Englishancoranchor
5Proto-West Germanic*ankurōanchor
6Proto-Germanicankurôanchor
7Latinancōraanchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting)
8Ancient GreekἌγκυραAncyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey
9Proto-Indo-Europeanang-joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ang-