Etymology

helply

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Today it means: Aiding; assisting; ready to help; helpful. Full definition →

Middle English helply
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromhelply
  2. English todayhelply

From Middle English helply, equivalent to help + -ly. Cognate with Middle Low German hulplik (“helply”), Middle High German helflich, helfelich (“helply”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.