Where does “flawlessly” come from?
Flawlessly comes from English flawless, derived from Old English -līċ and -lēas, ultimately tracing through Proto-Germanic galīkaz and Proto-Indo-European roots plāk-, pele-, and ḱóm.
flawlessly (English): In a flawless manner
Definitions
- In a flawless manner
Ancestry of “flawlessly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flawless | Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect |
| 2 | English | flaw | A flake, fragment, or shiver; A thin cake, as of... |
| 3 | Middle English | flawe | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | flaga | a flag or slab of stone, flake; stone slab |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flagō | a layer of soil |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plāk- | broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pele- | broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat |