nutritiously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English nutritious

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 nutritiously

From nutritious + -ly.

Adverb

nutritiously (comparative more nutritiously, superlative most nutritiously)

1. In a way that provides nutrition.

Synonyms

• nourishingly