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Where does “embracingly” come from?

embracingly (English) comes from English embracing, from English embrace, from French embrasser, from Italian abbracciare, from Spanish abrazar, from Spanish abracar, from Vulgar Latin adbracchiare, from Latin bracchium — short.

embracingly (English): in an embracing manner

Definitions

  1. in an embracing manner

Ancestry of “embracingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishembracingpresent participle of embrace; The act of...
2EnglishembraceTo clasp in the arms with affection; to take in...
3Frenchembrasserto hug, embrace; to kiss
4Italianabbracciareto embrace someone or something; to hug
5Spanishabrazarto hug, to embrace; to embrace; to adopt; to hug,...
6Spanishabracarto hug, to embrace
7Vulgar Latinadbracchiare—
8Latinbracchiumforearm; arm; limb of an animal
9Ancient Greekβραχίωνthe arm, the shoulder; comparative degree of...
10Ancient Greekβραχύςshort, brief; short, small, little; few
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- →