Where does “learnedly” come from?

Learnedly derives from English learned plus the Middle English adverbial suffix -ly, from Old English -līċ (resembling, like), from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots including leys-, līg-, and ḱóm.

learnedly (English): In an educated and knowledgeable manner

Definitions

  1. In an educated and knowledgeable manner

Ancestry of “learnedly”, step by step

learnedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li

via English learned

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlearnedHaving much learning, knowledgeable, erudite;...
2Middle Englishlerned—

Words derived from “learnedly”

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