Etymology

actorly

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Today it means: Pertaining or proper to an actor. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English actor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*agō
  4. Latinagō
  5. Latināctus
  6. Latināctor
  7. Middle Englishactour
  8. Englishactor
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todayactorly

From actor + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.