English
profligately
From profligate + -ly.
A compound of profligate + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- ‘to shine’
Latin flīgō ‘to strike, strike down’
Latin prōflīgō ‘to strike down, cast down’
Latin prōflīgātus
English profligate
Today it means
adv In a profligate manner.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “profligately”. 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 / profligately