Where does “healingly” come from?

healingly (English) comes from English healing, from Middle English heelinge, from Old English hǣling, from Proto-Germanic hailingō, from Proto-Germanic hailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.

healingly (English): So as to heal or cure

Definitions

  1. So as to heal or cure

Ancestry of “healingly”, step by step

healingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English healing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhealingThe process where the cells in the body...
2Middle Englishheelinge—
3Old Englishhǣlinghealing
4Proto-Germanichailingōhealing
5Proto-Germanichailijanąto make whole, to mend; to heal, to make healthy
6Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂iloshealthy

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hailingō →