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Where does “vigorously” come from?

Vigorously comes from Middle English vigorous with the suffix -ly, from Latin vigorosus formed with the suffix -osus from the root weǵ- meaning to be lively or active.

vigorously (English): With intense energy, force or vigor

Definitions

  1. With intense energy, force or vigor

Ancestry of “vigorously”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvigorousPhysically strong and active; Mentally strong and...
2Old Frenchvigrusstrong; hardy
3Old Frenchvigoros—
4Latinvigorosus—
5Latinvigorvigor, liveliness, activity; power, strength
6Latin-orused to form a third-declension masculine...
7Proto-Italic-ōsCreates masculine action nouns or result nouns...
8Proto-Indo-European-ōsCreates masculine and feminine action nouns or...
9Proto-Indo-European-oss—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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