English
soothfastly
Soothfastly comes from Middle English sothefastly, and goes back to Old English sōþfæstlīċe.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sōþfæstlīċe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sothefastly
- Englishearliest quotation 2012soothfastly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sōþfæstlīċe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sothefastly
- Englishearliest quotation 2012soothfastly
Earliest quotation: 2012, Evelyn Underhill: “[…]—insomuch that thou or another, for such onehead that…”
Formed from soothfast + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- ‘to be’
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Proto-West Germanic *sanþ ‘true’
Proto-West Germanic *sanþafast ‘true’
Old English sōþfæst ‘true, trustworthy’
Middle English sothfast
English soothfast
Every English word from Old English sōþfæstlīċe
Today it means
adv Actually; truthfully; honestly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English sōþfæstlīċe / soothfastly