Where does “ricketily” come from?
ricketily (English) comes from English rickety, from English ricket, from English Rick, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue.
ricketily (English): In a rickety manner
Ancestry of “ricketily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rickety | Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of... |
| 2 | English | ricket | — |
| 3 | English | Rick | — |
| 4 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 5 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 6 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 7 | French | recreute | — |
| 8 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 9 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 10 | Old French | recreistre | — |