English
fatherlily
From fatherly + -ly.
Formed from fatherly + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
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Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz ‘fatherly, paternal’
Proto-West Germanic *faderlīk
Old English fæderlīċ ‘fatherly, paternal’
Middle English faderly
English fatherly
Today it means
adv In a fatherly manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fatherlily