Where does “chattily” come from?
chattily (English) comes from English chatty, from English chat, from English chatter, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
chattily (English): In a chatty manner
Ancestry of “chattily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | chatty | Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting;... |
| 2 | English | chat | To be engaged in informal conversation; To talk... |
| 3 | English | chatter | Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk;... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |