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English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English former
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English formerly

    From former + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːməli/
      • May sometimes be overly enunciated like /ˈfɔːmɚli/ to avoid confusion with formally.
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹmɚli/
      • Audio (US):(file)
    • Homophone: formally (non-rhotic)

    Adverb

    formerly (not comparable)

    1. At some time in the past.
      Xenia Robertson, formerly known as Xenia Isaamov, is from Ukraine.
    2. Previously; once.
      Synonym: at one time
      This ranch was formerly owned by slaveholders.

    Derived terms

    • formerly known as

    Translations

    at some time in the past — see also before
    • Arabic: كَانَ (ar) (kāna)
    • Bashkir: борон (boron), элек (elek)
    • Bulgarian: преди (bg) (predi), в миналото (v minaloto)
    • Burmese: ယခင် (my) (ya.hkang)
    • Catalan: anteriorment (ca)
    • Chinese:
      Mandarin: 以前 (zh) (yǐqián)
    • Czech: dříve (cs), kdysi (cs)
    • Danish: tidligere (da), forhen, fordum
    • Esperanto: antaŭe
    • Finnish: aiemmin (fi)
    • French: auparavant (fr), autrefois (fr), anciennement (fr)
    • Georgian: წინათ (c̣inat)
    • German: früher (de), ehemals (de)
    • Greek: πρώην (el) (próin)
    • Hebrew: לַשְׁעָבַר (he) (leshe‘avár)
    • Japanese: 旧来 (ja) (kyūrai)
    • Khmer: អតីត (km) (ʼaʼdət)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: جاران (caran)
    • Latin: anteā (la)
    • Māori: irāmata, inamata
    • Middle High German: wīlen
    • Navajo: ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ
    • Norwegian:
      Bokmål: tidligere (no)
    • Old English: ǣror
    • Polish: przedtem (pl), wcześniej (pl), kiedyś (pl), dawniej (pl)
    • Portuguese: antigamente (pt)
    • Russian: когда́-то (ru) (kogdá-to), не́когда (ru) (nékogda), пре́жде (ru) (préžde)
    • Sanskrit: पुरा (sa) (purā)
    • Scottish Gaelic: roimhe
    • Spanish: anteriormente (es), antiguamente (es), otrora (es), antaño (es)
    • Swedish: fordom (sv)
    • Turkish: eskiden (tr), bir zaman (tr), önceden (tr), zamanında (tr)
    • Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur)
    previously; once — see also before,‎ previously
    • Bashkir: борон (boron), элек (elek), (once) ҡасандыр (qasandïr)
    • Bulgarian: някога (bg) (njakoga), преди (bg) (predi)
    • Czech: dříve (cs)
    • Danish: tidligere (da)
    • Esperanto: antaŭe
    • Finnish: aiemmin (fi), kerran (fi)
    • Georgian: please add this translation if you can
    • Greek: προηγούμενος (el) (proïgoúmenos), προηγουμένως (el) (proïgouménos)
      Ancient Greek: πρίν (prín)
    • Japanese: かつて (ja) (katsute)
    • Kurdish:
      Central Kurdish: لەمەو پێش (lemew pêş)
    • Latin: quondam
    • Norwegian:
      Bokmål: tidligere (no)
    • Old English: ǣror
    • Portuguese: antes (pt)
    • Scottish Gaelic: roimhe
    • Spanish: anteriormente (es), antiguamente (es), otrora (es), antaño (es)
    • Swedish: fordom (sv)
    • Turkish: eskiden (tr), önceden (tr), bir zamanlar (tr), bir zaman (tr), zamanında (tr)
    • Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur)
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