Etymology

quotatively

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Today it means: As a quotative. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English quotative
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷó-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷóti
  4. Proto-Italic*kʷot
  5. Latinquot
  6. Latinquotus
  7. Medieval Latinquotāre
  8. Old Frenchcoter
  9. Middle Englishquoten
  10. Englishquote
  11. Englishquotative
  12. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  13. Proto-Germanic*līką
  14. English todayquotatively

From quotative + -ly.

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