rancorously

English

Alternative forms

• rancourously

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ranceō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin rancor

Old French rancorbor.

Middle English rancour

English rancor

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos

Latin -ōsus

Old French -usbor.

Middle English -ous

English -ous

English rancorous

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 rancorously

From rancorous + -ly.

Adverb

rancorously (comparative more rancorously, superlative most rancorously)

1. In a rancorous manner.