Etymology

moonly

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike. Full definition →

Middle English monelich ← Old English mōnlīċ ← Proto-West Germanic *mānalīk
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mānalīk“pertaining to the moon, moon-like”
  2. Old English · inherited frommōnlīċ“lunar”
  3. Middle English · inherited frommonelich
  4. English todaymoonly

From Middle English monelich, from Old English mōnlīċ (“lunar”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānalīk (“pertaining to the moon, moon-like”), equivalent to moon + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch maenlijc (“moonly, lunar”), German mondlich (“lunar”).

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