English
monthly
Monthly is month + -ly, perhaps via Middle English *monethly from Old English mōnaþlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mēnōþlīkaz‘monthly’uncertain
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mānōþlīk‘monthly’uncertain
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mōnaþlīċ‘monthly’uncertain
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*monethly‘monthly’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2024monthly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mēnōþlīkaz‘monthly’uncertain
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mānōþlīk‘monthly’uncertain
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mōnaþlīċ‘monthly’uncertain
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*monethly‘monthly’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2024monthly
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Formed from month + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ‘moon’
Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs
Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ
Old English mōnaþ
Middle English mon(e)th
English month
The story
From month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly (attested only adverbially), from Old English mōnaþlīċ (‘monthly’), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz (‘monthly’).
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz
Another origin of monthly
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500monethly
- Englishtodaymonthly
Today it means
adj Occurring every month.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz / monthly