Etymology

functionally

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

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English functional
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰunégti
  3. Proto-Italic*fungōr
  4. Latinfungor
  5. Latinfūnctiō
  6. Old Frenchfonction
  7. Middle Frenchfunction
  8. Englishfunction
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Englishfunctional
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  13. Proto-Germanic*līką
  14. English todayfunctionally

From functional + -ly.

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