presently

/ˈpɹezəntli/PREH-zuhnt-lee

/ˈpɹɛzəntli/PREH-zuhnt-lee

Meaningin a present way

Common meaning: soon

Other meanings: now

prebefore
sentbeing; to beSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 465 · scan
lyadverb ending: in a way

‘before’ + ‘being’ → presently

Journey through time

Latinpraesens‘being at hand’source
Frenchpresent‘present’source
Englishpresent‘here now’
Englishformed in English from presentpresently‘soon’ · 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 present + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PRESENT, p.465 · scan

Roots

-sēns (as in praesēns); esse Latin “being; to be”

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