Where does “insultingly” come from?
Insultingly comes from English insult, from Middle French insulter, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz meaning "equally" and -līkaz, tracing ultimately to Proto-Indo-European ḱóm meaning "together."
insultingly (English): In an insulting manner; to a degree that causes...
Definitions
- In an insulting manner; to a degree that causes...
Ancestry of “insultingly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insulting | Containing insult, or having the intention of... |
| 2 | English | insult | To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone) |
| 3 | Middle French | insult | — |
| 4 | Latin | insultus | a scoffing, reviling, insult |
| 5 | Latin | insilio | I leap upon or in; I bound |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |