promptly
/ˈpɹɒmptli/PRAHMPT-lee
/ˈpɹɑmptli/PRAHMPT-lee
Meaningin a ready way
Common meaning: at once
Other meanings: on time
- proforward; forth
- mptto take; to buyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 643 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘forward’ + ‘to take’ → promptly
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*am-‘take’source
- Latinemō, ēmī, ēmptum‘to take’
- Frenchprompt
- Englishprompt‘quick to act’
- Englishformed in English from promptpromptly‘at once’ · 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 prompt + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PROMPT, p.470 · scan
Roots
- emō, ēmī, ēmptum Latin “to take; to buy”
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