Where does “naturedly” come from?
Naturedly derives from English nature with the suffix -līċ (Old English), from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, ultimately tracing through Latin natura and Proto-Indo-European roots.
naturedly (English): With a certain nature, in a certain manner
Definitions
- With a certain nature, in a certain manner
Ancestry of “naturedly”, step by step
naturedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English natured
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | natured | Having or possessing the specified disposition or... |
| 2 | English | nature | The natural world; that which consists of all... |
| 3 | Middle English | nature | The Universe, existence, creation; nature, the... |
| 4 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 5 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 6 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 7 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |