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Where does “emptily” come from?

emptily (English) comes from English empty, from Middle English emty, from Old English ēmtiġ, from Old English ǣmettiġ, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

emptily (English): In an empty manner

Definitions

  1. In an empty manner

Ancestry of “emptily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishemptyDevoid of content; containing nothing or nobody;...
2Middle Englishemtyempty, vacant; weak, ineffective; worthless,...
3Old Englishēmtiġ—
4Old Englishǣmettiġvacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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