Etymology

swoopily

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

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English swoopy
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  1. Proto-Germanic*swaipaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*swaipan
  3. Old Englishswāpan
  4. Middle Englishswopen
  5. Englishswoop
  6. Englishswoopy
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayswoopily

From swoopy + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.