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Where does “routinely” come from?

Routinely derives from English routine, from French routine, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.

routinely (English): In a routine manner, in a way that has become...

Definitions

  1. In a routine manner, in a way that has become...

Ancestry of “routinely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroutineA course of action to be followed regularly; a...
2Frenchroutiné—
3Old French-ine—
4Latin-īnus—
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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