Etymology

acceleratively

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Today it means: In an accelerative manner or context. Full definition →

English accelerative ← Latin accelerātiō ← Proto-Indo-European *kel-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kel-
  6. Latinceler
  7. Latincelerō
  8. Latinaccelerō
  9. Latinaccelerātu
  10. Latinaccelerō
  11. Latinaccelerātiō
  12. Englishaccelerationbf.
  13. Englishaccelerate
  14. Englishaccelerative
  15. English todayacceleratively

From accelerative + -ly.

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