Etymograph

English

scrupulously

Scrupulously comes from Latin scrūpulōsus ‘careful, scrupulous’, from scrūpulus ‘anxiety, uneasiness’, and ultimately from scrūpus ‘sharp stone’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrūpus‘sharp stone’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrūpulus‘anxiety, uneasiness’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrūpulōsus‘careful, scrupulous’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600scrupuleux
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1913scrupulously

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrūpus‘sharp stone’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrūpulus‘anxiety, uneasiness’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscrūpulōsus‘careful, scrupulous’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600scrupuleux
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1913scrupulously

Earliest quotation: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan: “They were frightened when he threatened this, and promised…”

Formed from scrupulous + -ly

Latin scrupulosus ‘full of sharp stones’

Middle French scrupuleux

English scrupulous

Every English word from Latin scrūpus

Today it means

adv In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.

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

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