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Where does “patricianly” come from?

patricianly (English) comes from English patrician, from French patricien, from Middle French patricien, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.

patricianly (English): Befitting a patrician

Definitions

  1. Befitting a patrician

Ancestry of “patricianly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpatricianA member of any of the families constituting the...
2Frenchpatricienpatrician
3Middle Frenchpatricienpatrician
4LatinPātricius—
5Latin-icius-itious
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
8Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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