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Where does “shaggily” come from?

shaggily (English) comes from English shaggy, from English shag, from English shower, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

shaggily (English): In a shaggy manner

Definitions

  1. In a shaggy manner

Ancestry of “shaggily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshaggyWith long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool;...
2EnglishshagMatted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc;...
3EnglishshowerA brief fall of precipitation; A device for...
4English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
5Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
6Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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