The story
- Old English · inherited fromlēohtlīċe
- Middle English · inherited fromlyghtly
- English todaylightly
From Middle English lyghtly, liȝtliche, lihtliche, from Old English lēohtlīċe, equivalent to light + -ly.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishlyghtly all →
lightliness
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.