Etymology

anxiously

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Today it means: In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Italic*anɣō
  3. Latinangō
  4. Latinānxius
  5. Englishanxious
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todayanxiously

From anxious + -ly.

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