Etymograph

English

lucratively

From lucrative + -ly.

A compound of lucrative + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- ‘profit, gain’

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Latin lucratus ‘having gained, acquired, profited’

Latin lucrativus ‘profitable’

Old French lucratif

French lucratif ‘lucrative, profitable’

English lucrative

Today it means

adv In a lucrative manner, profitably.

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

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