English
profanely
From profane + -ly.
A compound of profane + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
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Classical Latin fānum ‘temple’
Classical Latin profānus ‘not religious, unclean’
Middle French profane
Middle English prophane
English profane
Today it means
adv In a profane manner, irreverently, with marked disrespect for the sacred.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “profanely”. 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.
Etymograph / profanely