parasitically

parasitically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English parasite
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English parasitic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English parasitically

    From parasitic + -ally.

    Adverb

    parasitically (comparative more parasitically, superlative most parasitically)

    1. In a parasitic manner.
      • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life:
        Similarly, plants and mycorrhizal fungi are no longer thought of as behaving either mutualistically or parasitically.

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