Where does “privily” come from?
Privily comes from Middle English -ly, Old French privé, Latin privatus derived from Latin privo, combining Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm, meaning to separate or set apart.
privily (English): Secretly, in secret; in a private manner;...
Definitions
- Secretly, in secret; in a private manner;...
Ancestry of “privily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | privy | Private, exclusive; not public; one's own;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pryvy | — |
| 3 | Old French | privé | private |
| 4 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 5 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 6 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 7 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 8 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 9 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 10 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 11 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 12 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |