Etymograph

English

fairily

From fairy + -ly.

Formed from fairy + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’

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Latin fātus ‘oracle, prophecy, fate’

Latin fāta ‘goddess of fate’

Old French faerie ‘the sphere or realm of enchantment, magic or…’

Middle English faierie ‘the land or domain in which magical or…’

English fairy

Today it means

adv In the manner of a fairy.

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

Etymograph / fairily