Where does “worthily” come from?
Worthily comes from Middle English -ly, which derives from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ium, from Proto-Indo-European -kos and ultimately -kós.
worthily (English): In a worthy manner
Definitions
- In a worthy manner
Ancestry of “worthily”, step by step
worthily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Worthy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Worthy | OS grid ref SS8548 |
| 2 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 3 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 4 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 5 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 6 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |
via Middle English worthely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | worthely | — |
| 2 | Old English | weorþlīċ | important, valuable, splendid, worthy, estimable,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | werþalīkaz | Of great worth; valuable; important |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |