Etymologically

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Based on or belonging to etymology.

    "The Greeks and Romans referred to everyone else as "barbarians" -- etymologically those who only babble, only go "bar-bar.""

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"In Russian, the words for "caress, endearment" and "least weasel" are homonymous and possibly related etymologically."

Etymology

From etymological + -ly.

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