occasionally
/əˈkeɪʒənəli/uh-KAY-zhuh-nuh-lee
/əˈkeɪʒənəli/uh-KAY-zhuh-nuh-lee
Meaningnow and then
Common meaning: sometimes, but not often
- octowards, against (form of ob-)
- casto fallLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 258 (approximate) · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
- aladjective ending: relating to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘towards, against (form of ob-)’ + ‘to fall’ → occasionally
Journey through time
- Latincadō, cecidī, cāsum‘to fall’
- Frenchoccident
- Englishoccasion‘a moment at which something takes place’
- Englishformed in English from occasionoccasional‘happening now and then’
- Englishformed in English from occasionaloccasionally‘sometimes, but not often’ · 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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from occasional + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), OCCASION, p.400 · scan
Roots
- cadō, cecidī, cāsum Latin “to fall”
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