Etymology

scornfully

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Today it means: In a scornful manner; contemptuously, derisively. Full definition →

Middle English scornfully ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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  1. Middle Englishscorn
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  4. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  5. Middle Englishscornful
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. Middle Englishscornfully
  9. English todayscornfully

Inherited from Middle English scornfully; equivalent to scornful + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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