innocently
/ˈɪnəsəntli/IH-nuh-suhnt-lee
/ˈɪnəsəntli/IH-nuh-suhnt-lee
Meaningin an innocent way
Common meaning: without guilt or harmful intent
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- nocto harmLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1211 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘in, into’ + ‘to harm’ → innocently
Journey through time
- Latinnoceō; nex‘to harm’
- Middle Englishinnocentsource
- Englishinnocent‘free of guilt’
- Englishformed in English from innocentinnocently‘without guilt or harmful intent’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from innocent + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INNOCENT, p.294 · scan
Roots
- noceō; nex Latin “to harm”
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