Where does “bumblingly” come from?
bumblingly (English) comes from English bumbling, from English bumble, from English bum, from German Bummler, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
bumblingly (English): In a bumbling manner
Definitions
- In a bumbling manner
Ancestry of “bumblingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bumbling | present participle of bumble; The act of one who... |
| 2 | English | bumble | A confusion; a jumble; To act in an inept, clumsy... |
| 3 | English | bum | The buttocks; The anus; To sodomize; to engage in... |
| 4 | German | Bummler | stroller; laggard; idler, loafer |
| 5 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 6 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 9 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |