Etymology

fearsomely

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Today it means: In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent Full definition →

English fearsome ← Proto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós
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The story

  1. Englishfear
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishfearsome
  6. English todayfearsomely

From fearsome + -ly.

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