Where does “lovelyly” come from?

lovelyly (Middle English) comes from Middle English lovely, from Middle English un-, from Old English un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

lovelyly (Middle English): Nicely, lovelily, pleasantly in a lovely way

Definitions

  1. Nicely, lovelily, pleasantly in a lovely way

Ancestry of “lovelyly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlovelylovely: loving, filled with love
2Middle Englishun-—
3Old Englishun-negation or absence of: un-, non-; bad; forms...
4Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
5Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Old English un- →