Etymology

docilely

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Today it means: Submissively or obediently. Full definition →

English docile ← Middle English docyle ← Middle French docile
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The story

  1. Latindocilis
  2. Middle Frenchdocile
  3. Middle Englishdocyle
  4. Englishdocile
  5. English todaydocilely

From docile + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.