Where does “teachingly” come from?

teachingly (English) comes from English teaching, from Middle English teching, from Old English tǣċing.

teachingly (English): So as to teach

Definitions

  1. So as to teach

Ancestry of “teachingly”, step by step

teachingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English teaching

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteachingSomething taught by a religious or philosophical...
2Middle Englishteching—
3Old Englishtǣċing—

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Old English tǣċing →Every word from Middle English teching →Every word from English teaching →