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Where does “grandly” come from?

Grandly derives from English grand, which comes from Middle English and Latin grandis meaning "large," combined with English -ly, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ghrewə-.

grandly (English): In a grand manner; To the greatest extent

Definitions

  1. In a grand manner; To the greatest extent

Ancestry of “grandly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrandOf a large size or extent; great; Great in size,...
2Middle Englishgrand—
3Anglo-NormangrauntLate Anglo-Norman spelling of grant
4Old Frenchgrantbig, large
5Old French-ur-er, used for form agent nouns
6Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
7Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
8Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
9Proto-Indo-European-oss—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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