Etymograph

English

inertly

From inert + -ly.

A compound of inert + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, to fix, to put together, to slot’

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Proto-Italic *artis

Latin ars ‘skill, art’

Latin iners ‘inactive, inert’

French inerte ‘inert, inactive’

English inert

Today it means

adv In an inert manner.

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

Etymograph / inertly