Etymology

workmanly

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Today it means: Befitting a workman; skilful; workmanlike. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English workman
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workmanly · adjective1

  1. Proto-Germanic*werkamann-
  2. Proto-West Germanic*werkamann
  3. Old Englishweorcmann
  4. Middle Englishwerkman
  5. Englishworkman
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todayworkmanly

From workman + -ly.

workmanly · adverb2

  1. Proto-Germanic*werkamann-
  2. Proto-West Germanic*werkamann
  3. Old Englishweorcmann
  4. Middle Englishwerkman
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Middle Englishwerkmanly
  8. English todayworkmanly

From Middle English werkmanly, werkmanlike, equivalent to workman + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.