Etymograph

English

deeply

Deeply comes from Middle English deply ‘deeply, intensely, fully’, and goes back to Old English dēoplīc ‘deep’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150dēoplīc1‘deep’
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150dēoplīċe1
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500deply1‘deeply’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1850deeply1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English deeply
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1850, [Alfred, Canto CXXVII: “Strange friend, past, present, and to be, / Loved…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150dēoplīcWiktionary, English deeply‘deep’
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150dēoplīċeWiktionary, English deeply
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500deplyWiktionary, English deeply‘deeply’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1850deeplyWiktionary, English deeply. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1850, [Alfred, Canto CXXVII: “Strange friend, past, present, and to be, / Loved…”

Every English word from Old English dēoplīc

Today it means

adv To a deep extent or degree; very greatly.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “deeply”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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