English
acceleratively
Acceleratively comes from English accelerative.
- English1500–presentaccelerative
- Englishtodayacceleratively
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- English1500–presentaccelerative
- Englishtodayacceleratively
A compound of celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’ + celerō ‘to hasten, quicken, accelerate’ + accelerō ‘to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate’
Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‘to drive, particularly of animals’
Latin celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’
Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‘to drive, particularly of animals’
Latin celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’
Latin celerō ‘to hasten, quicken, accelerate’
Proto-Indo-European *kel- ‘to drive, particularly of animals’
Latin celer ‘fast, swift, quick, speedy, fleet’
Latin celerō ‘to quicken, accelerate’
Latin accelerō ‘to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate’
Latin accelerō ‘to quicken, hasten, speed up, accelerate’
Every English word from English accelerative
Today it means
adv In an accelerative manner or context.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English accelerative / acceleratively