Etymology

knowledgeably

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

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

  1. Englishknowledge
  2. Englishknowledgeable
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  4. Proto-Germanic*līką
  5. English todayknowledgeably

From knowledgeable + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.