Where does “readerly” come from?
Readerly derives from English reader with the Middle English suffix -ly, from Old English -līċ meaning "like" or "having the form of," from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, itself containing Proto-Germanic galīkaz and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
readerly (English): Characteristic of readers
Definitions
- Characteristic of readers
Ancestry of “readerly”, step by step
readerly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.