Etymograph

English

eligibly

From eligible + -ly.

Formed from eligible + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

…

Latin legō ‘to choose, select’

Latin ēligō ‘to select, to choose’

Latin eligibilis

Middle French eligible ‘choosable’

English eligible

Today it means

adv In an eligible manner.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / eligibly