Etymology

lividly

li·vid·ly
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Today it means: In a way that is livid. Full definition →

English livid ← Middle English livid ← Middle French livide
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₃y-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)lih₃-wó-
  3. Proto-Italic*slīwēō
  4. Latinlīveō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Latinlīvidus
  7. Middle Frenchlivide
  8. Middle Englishlivid
  9. Englishlivid
  10. English todaylividly

From livid + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.