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Where does “inaugurally” come from?

inaugurally (English) comes from English inaugural, from French inaugural, from French inaugurer, from Latin inaugurō, from Latin auguro, from Latin augur, from Latvian augos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-.

inaugurally (English): In an inaugural way

Definitions

  1. In an inaugural way

Ancestry of “inaugurally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinauguralOf inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the...
2Frenchinaugural—
3Frenchinaugurerto inaugurate
4Latininaugurō—
5LatinauguroI predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,...
6Latinauguraugur
7Latvianaugoslocative plural form of augs; locative plural...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug- →