English
sickerly
Sickerly comes from Middle English sikerly.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sikerly
- Englishearliest quotation 1614sickerly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sikerly
- Englishearliest quotation 1614sickerly
Earliest quotation: 1614, William Browne: “My Lord sickerly, / Quoth he, faine would I…”.
Formed from sicker + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- ‘to see’
…
Latin sēcūrus ‘secure’
Proto-West Germanic *sikur ‘free, secure’
Old English sicer
Middle English siker
English sicker
Every English word from Middle English sikerly
Today it means
adv Certainly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English sikerly / sickerly