Where does “supplicantly” come from?
supplicantly (English) comes from English supplicant, from Latin supplicans, from Latin supplicō, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
supplicantly (English): In a supplicant manner
Ancestry of “supplicantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | supplicant | begging, pleading, supplicating; one who comes to... |
| 2 | Latin | supplicans | praying; humbly beseeching |
| 3 | Latin | supplicō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |