Etymology

fictitiously

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Today it means: In a fictitious manner. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English fictitious
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  3. Proto-Italic*θingō
  4. Proto-Italic*fingō
  5. Latinfingō
  6. Latinfictus
  7. Latinfictīcius
  8. Englishfictitious
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todayfictitiously

From fictitious + -ly.

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