Where does “summerily” come from?
summerily (English) comes from English summery, from English Summer, from English sum, from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer — to follow; to see; to say.
summerily (English): In a manner reminiscent of summer
Definitions
- In a manner reminiscent of summer
Ancestry of “summerily”, step by step
summerily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English summery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | summery | Relating to the summer; Of weather, typical of... |
| 2 | English | Summer | of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer |
| 3 | English | sum | A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;... |
| 4 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 5 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 6 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 7 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 8 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 9 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 11 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |