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,...