Where does “immovably” come from?
Immovably derives from English immovable plus the Middle English adverbial suffix -ly, itself from Old English -līċ, ultimately descending through Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz to Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
immovably (English): In an immovable manner
Definitions
- In an immovable manner
Ancestry of “immovably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | immovable | incapable of being physically moved; fixed;... |
| 2 | Middle English | immevable | incapable of moving |
| 3 | Middle English | in- | — |
| 4 | Old English | in- | in, into; on, upon; internal, positioned on the... |
| 5 | Old English | in | in; Alternative form of inn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |