Where does “saucily” come from?
Saucily derives from English saucy plus the English adverbial suffix -y, which comes from Middle French -ie, ultimately tracing through Latin -ia and -ivus back to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
saucily (English): In a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently
Definitions
- In a saucy manner; impudently or impertinently
Ancestry of “saucily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | saucy | Similar to sauce; having the consistency or... |
| 2 | English | sauce | A liquid condiment or accompaniment to food;... |
| 3 | Middle English | sauce | A sauce or gravy; a liquid condiment; A solution... |
| 4 | Old French | sause | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 6 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 7 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |