Etymology

niggardly

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Today it means: Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English niggard
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niggardly · adjective1

  1. Englishniggard
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todayniggardly

From niggard + -ly (adjectival suffix).

niggardly · adverb2

  1. Englishniggard
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todayniggardly

From niggard + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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