Where does “sinfully” come from?
Sinfully derives from English sinful plus the Middle English adverbial suffix -ly, ultimately from Old English synn meaning transgression and the adjective-forming suffix -līċ.
sinfully (English): In a sinful manner; wickedly; To an extent or...
Definitions
- In a sinful manner; wickedly; To an extent or...
Ancestry of “sinfully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sinful | constituting a sin; being morally or religiously... |
| 2 | Middle English | synful | Sinful; having sinned, guilty of sin |
| 3 | Old English | synful | sinful; a sinner |
| 4 | Old English | synn | sin |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnju | responsibility; care; concern; worry; anxiety |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |