Etymology

clinically

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Today it means: In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English clinical
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  5. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  6. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  7. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  8. Late Latinclīnicus
  9. Frenchclinique
  10. Englishclinic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishclinical
  14. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  15. Proto-Germanic*līką
  16. English todayclinically

From clinical + -ly.

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