Etymology

writerly

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Today it means: Characteristic of a writer; using well-chosen words or well-crafted sentences. Full definition →

English writer ← Middle English writer ← Old English wrītere
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*wrītaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*wrītan
  3. Old Englishwrītan
  4. Old Englishwrītere
  5. Middle Englishwriter
  6. Englishwriter
  7. English todaywriterly

From writer + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.