Etymology

messianically

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Today it means: In a messianic way. Full definition →

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

  1. Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
  2. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
  3. Hebrewמָשַׁח
  4. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
  5. Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
  6. LatinMessīās
  7. Middle EnglishMessyas
  8. EnglishMessiah
  9. Englishmessianic
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  13. Proto-Germanic*līką
  14. English todaymessianically

From messianic + -ally.

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