English

fictitiously

Fictitiously comes from Latin fictīcius ‘feigned, artificially produced’, from fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to form, to shape’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰinéǵʰti‘to form, shape’reconstructed
Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θingōreconstructed
Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fingō‘to knead, form’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfingō‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictus‘feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having been feigned’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictīcius‘feigned, artificially produced’
English1500–presentfictitious
Englishearliest quotation 2016fictitiously

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeyǵʰ-‘to form, to shape’reconstructed
Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰinéǵʰti‘to form, shape’reconstructed
Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θingōreconstructed
Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fingō‘to knead, form’reconstructed
Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfingō‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictus‘feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit, having been feigned’
Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfictīcius‘feigned, artificially produced’
English1500–presentfictitious
Englishearliest quotation 2016fictitiously

Earliest quotation: 2016, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz: “Since the term 'imagination,' absolutely in a grammatical sense,…”

A compound of fictitious + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to form, to shape’

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Proto-Italic *fingō ‘to knead, form’

Latin fingō ‘to shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)’

Latin fictus ‘feigned, fictitious, false, counterfeit,…’

Latin fictīcius ‘feigned, artificially produced’

English fictitious