Etymograph

English

leaderly

From leader + -ly.

Formed from leader + -ly

Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī ‘one who leads’

Old English lǣdere ‘one who leads’

Middle English ledere ‘an officer or general’

English leader

Today it means

adj Befitting a leader.

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

Etymograph / leaderly