Etymology

publicly

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Today it means: In public, openly, in an open and public manner. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English public
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  1. Englishpublic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaypublicly

From public + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.