英语词汇directly的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	directly
词源	directly adv. late 14c., "completely;" early 15c., "in a straight line," also, figuratively (of speaking or writing) "clearly, unmistakably, expressly," from direct (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "at once, straightway, immediately in time" (c. 1600) is from earlier sense of "without intermediate steps" (1520s). Entries linking to directly direct adj. c. 1400, "straight, undeviating, not crooked," from Old French direct (13c.) and directly from Latin directus "straight," adjectival use of past participle of dirigere "to set straight," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + regere "to direct, to guide, keep straight" (from PIE root reg- "move in a straight line"). Meaning "plain, expressive, not ambiguous" is from 1580s. -ly 2 common adverbial suffix, forming from adjectives adverbs signifying "in a manner denoted by" the adjective, Middle English, from Old English -lice, from Proto-Germanic -liko- (cognates: Old Frisian -like, Old Saxon -liko, Dutch -lijk, Old High German -licho, German -lich, Old Norse -liga, Gothic -leiko); see -ly (1). Cognate with lich, and identical with like (adj.). Weekley notes as "curious" that Germanic uses a word essentially meaning "body" for the adverbial formation, while Romanic uses one meaning "mind" (as in French constamment from Latin constanti mente). The modern English form emerged in late Middle English, probably from influence of Old Norse -liga. updated on August 23, 2018
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