Where does “suggestively” come from?
Suggestively derives from English suggestive plus the Middle English adverbial suffix -ly, from Old English -līċ (meaning "like" or "having the form of"), from Proto-Germanic -līkaz and galīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
suggestively (English): In a suggestive manner
Ancestry of “suggestively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | suggestive | Tending to suggest or imply; Suggesting romance,... |
| 2 | English | suggest | To imply but stop short of saying explicitly; To... |
| 3 | Latin | suggestus | elevated place made of materials poured out;... |
| 4 | Latin | suggerō | — |
| 5 | Latin | gerō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gezō | carry, bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ǵ-es- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |