Where does “doggedly” come from?
Doggedly derives from Middle English -ly added to dogged, from Old English -līċ (resembling or having the quality of), from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm (together, with).
doggedly (English): In a way that is stubbornly persistent; sullenly,...
Definitions
- In a way that is stubbornly persistent; sullenly,...
Ancestry of “doggedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dogged | simple past tense and past participle of dog;... |
| 2 | Middle English | dogged | — |
| 3 | Middle English | -ed | Alternative form of -hede |
| 4 | Old English | -ed | formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped... |