Etymology

uncategorizably

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Today it means: In an uncategorizable way. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcategorizable
  9. Englishuncategorizable
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. English todayuncategorizably

From uncategorizable + -ly.

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