English
answeringly
Answeringly comes from Middle English answeryngly.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500answeryngly
- Englishearliest quotation 1851answeringly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500answeryngly
- Englishearliest quotation 1851answeringly
Earliest quotation: 1851, T. S. Arthur: “There was a slight tremor in his voice, that…”
Formed from answering + -ly
Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną
Proto-Germanic *andaswarjaną ‘to answer’
Old English andswerian ‘to answer’
Middle English answeren ‘to answer or respond’
Middle English answerynge
English answering
Every English word from Middle English answeryngly
Today it means
adv In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English answeryngly / answeringly