Where does “meatily” come from?
meatily (English) comes from English meaty, from English meat, from Middle English mete, from Middle English bake mete, from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną — to bake, to roast, to fry.
meatily (English): In a meaty way
Definitions
- In a meaty way
Ancestry of “meatily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meaty | Of, relating to, or containing meat; Resembling... |
| 2 | English | meat | The flesh of an animal used as food; A type of... |
| 3 | Middle English | mete | Food, nourishment or comestibles; that which is... |
| 4 | Middle English | bake mete | Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry... |
| 5 | Middle English | baken | To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of... |
| 6 | Old English | bacan | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |