Etymology

manually

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Today it means: By hand. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishmanual
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaymanually

From manual + -ly.

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