Alternative Spelling guide
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This record is a supporting form or spelling variant of -ly. Use the canonical entry for the main definition and word-family path.
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suffix
Alternative form of -ly (adverbial suffix), used with adjectives ending in -ic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally From Middle English -ally, -alliche, a combination equivalent to -al (adjectival suffix) + -ly (adverbial suffix). The Middle English suffix was originally non-productive, and was from -ly adverbs based on nouns ending an -al. In modern usage the suffix has been reanalyzed and is now treated as a separate, productive suffix.
