gainfully

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English gainful

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 gainfully

From gainful + -ly.

Adverb

gainfully (comparative more gainfully, superlative most gainfully)

1. In a gainful manner; profitably.