Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deponently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-po-nent-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a deponent manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English deponently From deponent + -ly.

Questions

What does deponently mean?
In a deponent manner.
Where does deponently come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English deponently From deponent + -ly.

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