Etymograph

English

sunderly

Sunderly comes from Middle English sunderli, and goes back to Old English sundorlīċe.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150sundorlīċe1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sunderli1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1870sunderly1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sunderly
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1870, George Townsend: “But as I deny not but as we may…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150sundorlīċeWiktionary, English sunderly
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sunderliWiktionary, English sunderly
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1870sunderlyWiktionary, English sunderly. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1870, George Townsend: “But as I deny not but as we may…”

Formed from sunder + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- ‘separate, without’

Proto-Germanic *sundrōną ‘to separate’

Old English sundrian ‘to separate, split, part, divide’

Middle English sundren ‘to separate, part, divide’

English sunder

Every English word from Old English sundorlīċe

Today it means

adv singly; one by one; individually; in a separate way or manner; separately

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

Etymograph / Old English sundorlīċe / sunderly

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