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
Definitions
- In a rickety manner
Ancestry of “ricketily”, step by step
ricketily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rickety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rickety | Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of... |
| 2 | English | ricket | Unsteady, rickety |
| 3 | English | Rick | Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch |
| 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 | — |