Where does “encouragingly” come from?
Encouragingly derives from English encourage, formed with Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, English en-, Latin -are, Latin -arius, and Latin in-.
encouragingly (English): In an encouraging manner
Definitions
- In an encouraging manner
Ancestry of “encouragingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encouraging | giving courage, confidence or hope; supporting by... |
| 2 | English | encourage | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage,... |
| 3 | Middle English | encouragen | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | encoragier | to encourage |
| 5 | Old French | encoragier | to encourage |
| 6 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |