desirously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English desirous

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 desirously

From desirous + -ly.

Adverb

desirously (comparative more desirously, superlative most desirously)

1. With desire; eagerly