Etymology

steeply

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

English steep ← Middle English steep ← Old English stēap
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tewp-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*staupaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*staup
  5. Old Englishstēap
  6. Middle Englishsteep
  7. Englishsteep
  8. English todaysteeply

From steep + -ly.

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