Etymology

stably

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Today it means: In a stable manner. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English stable
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stably · adverb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*staējō
  4. Proto-Italic*staēō
  5. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  6. Latinstabili
  7. Old Frenchestable
  8. Anglo-Normanstabe
  9. Middle Englishstable
  10. Englishstable
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. English todaystably

From stable + -ly.

stably · noun2

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromstablie
  2. Middle English · inherited fromstablie
  3. English todaystably

From Middle English stablie, from Anglo-Norman stablie.

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