Where does “successfully” come from?
Successfully derives from English success, from Latin successus (a favorable outcome), from Latin succedere (to go under or follow after), from Latin cedo (to go or yield), tracing back to Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- (to fill or be full).
successfully (English): In a successful manner; with success; without...
Definitions
- In a successful manner; with success; without...
Ancestry of “successfully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | successful | Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting,... |
| 2 | English | success | The achievement of one's aim or goal; Financial... |
| 3 | Italian | successo | success |
| 4 | Latin | successus | course, flow (of time), approach |
| 5 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 6 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |