Where does “dejectedly” come from?
Dejectedly derives from Middle English -ly added to Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm meaning "together" or "alike."
dejectedly (English): In a dejected manner, in a dispirited way
Definitions
- In a dejected manner, in a dispirited way
Ancestry of “dejectedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dejected | Sad and dispirited; simple past tense and past... |
| 2 | English | deject | Make sad or dispirited; To cast downward; To... |
| 3 | Old French | dejeter | — |
| 4 | Latin | dēiectus | downcast, dismayed, dejected, cast down, thrown down |
| 5 | Latin | deicio | I throw, cast, or hurl down; precipitate; I drive... |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |