Etymology

childly

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike Full definition →

Middle English childly ← Old English ċildlīċ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromċildlīċ“childly, childlish”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromchildly
  3. English todaychildly

From Middle English childly, childlich, childli, from Old English ċildlīċ (“childly, childlish”), equivalent to child + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.