Etymology

denominatively

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Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English denominative
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
  7. Proto-Italic*nōmn̥
  8. Latinnōmen
  9. Latinnōminō
  10. Latindēnōminō
  11. Late Latindēnōminātīvus
  12. Englishdenominative
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. English todaydenominatively

From denominative + -ly.

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