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Where does “disgracefully” come from?

Disgracefully comes from English disgraceful, combining Middle French disgracier with the English suffix -ful, ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic galīkaz and Proto-Indo-European roots līg- and pleh₁-.

disgracefully (English): In a disgraceful manner

Definitions

  1. In a disgraceful manner

Ancestry of “disgracefully”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdisgracefulBringing or warranting disgrace; shameful; Giving...
2EnglishdisgraceThe condition of being out of favor; loss of...
3Italiandisgraziamisfortune, bad luck; accident, disaster;...
4Italiangraziagrace; pardon; favour, kindness
5Latingrātia—
6Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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