Etymology

lastly

last·ly
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Today it means: Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions. Full definition →

English last ← Middle English laste
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  1. Middle Englishlaste
  2. Englishlast
  3. English todaylastly

From last + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.