Etymology of the English word scarcely
the English word
scarcelyderived from the English word
scarcederived from the French word
scarsderived from the Vulgar Latin word
excarpsusderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*excarperederived from the Latin word
excerpere (pick out; select)
using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
carpere (seize, pick, pluck; separate, divide, tear down)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kerp-using the English suffix
-lyUsage
Word found in Modern English