English
trippingly
Trippingly comes from Middle English tryppingly ‘speedily, hastily’, from trippyng ‘the act of performing a dance’, and ultimately from trippen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trippen‘to walk rhythmically or acrobatically, to dance’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500trippyng‘the act of performing a dance’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500tryppingly‘speedily, hastily’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596trippingly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500trippen‘to walk rhythmically or acrobatically, to dance’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500trippyng‘the act of performing a dance’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500tryppingly‘speedily, hastily’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1595–1596trippingly
Earliest quotation: c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame: “By the dead and drowsy fire / Every elf…”
Formed from tripping + -ly
Every English word from Middle English trippen
Today it means
adv In a tripping manner, or while tripping
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English trippen / trippingly