Etymology

semantically

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Today it means: In the manner of or referring to semantics. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyh₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyeh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyéh₂mn̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*tsā́mə?
  5. Ancient Greekσῆμᾰ (sêmă)
  6. Ancient Greekσημαίνω (sēmaínō)
  7. Ancient Greekσημαντικός (sēmantikós)
  8. Frenchsémantique
  9. Englishsemanticsbf.?
  10. Englishsemantic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. English todaysemantically

From semantic + -ally.

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