Etymograph

English

heinously

From heinous + -ly.

A compound of heinous + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d-

Frankish *hattjan

Old French haïr ‘to hate’

Anglo-Norman hainous

Middle English heynous ‘Heinous, reprehensible’

English heinous

Today it means

adv In a heinous manner.

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

Etymograph / heinously