Where does “appallingly” come from?
Appallingly derives from English appall, Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, Old French a-, Latin ad-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ád.
appallingly (English): In an appalling manner
Ancestry of “appallingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | appalling | present participle of appall; Horrifying and... |
| 2 | English | appall | To fill with horror; to dismay; To make pale; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | apallen | — |
| 4 | Old French | apalir | to become pale; to make pale |
| 5 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | A | — |
| 7 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |