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Where does “meticulously” come from?

Meticulously comes from Latin meticulosus, derived from Latin metus (fear), which traces through Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz to Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.

meticulously (English): In a meticulous manner

Definitions

  1. In a meticulous manner

Ancestry of “meticulously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeticulousCharacterized by very precise, conscientious...
2Latinmeticulōsus—
3Latin-culōsus—
4Latincūlus—
5Proto-Celtickūlos—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱuH-ló-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
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