The story
- Old English · inherited fromnīewlīċe“newly”
- Middle English · inherited fromnewly
- English todaynewly
From Middle English newly, newely, neweliche, from Old English nīewlīċe (“newly”), equivalent to new + -ly. Compare Dutch nieuwelijks, German neulich, Danish nylig, Icelandic nýlega. More at new, -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.