Where does “quick-wittedly” come from?
quick-wittedly (English) comes from English quick-witted, from English wit, from Middle English wit, from Old English wit, from Proto-Germanic wit, from Proto-Germanic *wet, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
quick-wittedly (English): In a quick-witted manner
Definitions
- In a quick-witted manner
Ancestry of “quick-wittedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quick-witted | Mentally keen and alert |
| 2 | English | wit | Sanity; The senses; Intellectual ability; faculty... |
| 3 | Middle English | wit | First-person dual pronoun: we twain, the two of... |
| 4 | Old English | wit | we two; nominative dual of iċ |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wit | Alternative form of *wet |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *wet | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |