Where does “hierarchically” come from?
Hierarchically comes from English hierarchical plus the Middle English adverbial suffix -ly, derived from Old English -līċ (resembling, like), from Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
hierarchically (English): Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy;...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or arranged in a hierarchy;...
Ancestry of “hierarchically”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hierarchical | Pertaining to a hierarchy; Of or pertaining to an... |
| 2 | English | hierarchy | A body of authoritative officials organized in... |
| 3 | Middle English | ierarchie | — |
| 4 | Old French | ierarchie | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | ierarchia | — |
| 6 | Latin | hierarchia | hierarchy |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἱεραρχία | spiritual superiority; prelacy, prelature;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἱεράρχης | high priest; hierarch; bishop |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -άρχης | -arch |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |