Etymology

non-colloquially

Today it means: Not colloquially; in a noncolloquial way. Full definition →

English colloquially ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Latincon-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
  21. Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
  22. Latinloquor
  23. Latincolloquor
  24. Latincolloquium
  25. Middle Englishcolloquies
  26. Englishcolloquy
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  29. Englishcolloquial
  30. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  31. Proto-Germanic*līką
  32. Englishcolloquially
  33. English todaynon-colloquially

From non- + colloquially.

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