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Where does “locally” come from?

Locally derives from English local plus the Middle English adverbial suffix -ly, from Old English -līċ meaning "like" or "in the manner of," ultimately from Latin locus meaning "place" and Proto-Germanic galīkaz.

locally (English): With respect to place; in place; In or from the...

Definitions

  1. With respect to place; in place; In or from the...

Ancestry of “locally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlocalFrom or in a nearby location; Having limited...
2Middle Englishlocal—
3Late Latinlocalisbelonging to a place; local; Belong to a place;...
4Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
5Old Latinstlocus—
6Proto-Italicstlokos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

Words derived from “locally”

  • nonlocally
  • quasilocally
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