Where does “nothingly” come from?

nothingly (English) comes from English nothing, from Middle English nothyng, from Old English nāþing.

nothingly (English): Valueless, insignificant

Definitions

  1. Valueless, insignificant

Ancestry of “nothingly”, step by step

nothingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English nothing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnothingAPI; Not any thing; no thing; An absence of...
2Middle EnglishnothyngNot any thing; no thing
3Old Englishnāþing—

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Old English nāþing →