neighborly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English neighbor

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-West Germanic *-līk

Old English -līċ

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English neighborly

From neighbor + -ly.

Adjective

neighborly (comparative neighborlier, superlative neighborliest)

1. US standard spelling of neighbourly.

   He's very neighborly: he always collects my mail when I'm away on vacation.

Derived terms

• neighborlily
• neighborliness
• unneighborly