Where does “ineffectually” come from?
Ineffectually derives from English ineffectual, from English effectual, from Old English -līċ, from Latin in-, from Latin in meaning "not," from Proto-Indo-European ne, from Proto-Indo-European oyd-, and from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
ineffectually (English): In an ineffectual manner
Ancestry of “ineffectually”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ineffectual | Unable or insufficient to produce effect;... |
| 2 | English | in- | in, into, towards, within; in, into; Used with... |
| 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 |