Where Does the Word Distinctly Come from?
Distinct (Adj.) 1300) "To Distinguish One Thing from Another; Make Distinct," from Old French Distincter, from Latin Distinctus, Past Participle of Distinguere...
What does the word distinctly means?
1 : distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete sense 1) or not the same : separate a distinct cultural group teaching as distinct from research. 2 : presenting a clear unmistakable impression a neat distinct handwriting. 3 archaic : notably decorated.
Where did the word which originate from?
Old English hwilc (West Saxon, Anglian), hwælc (Northumbrian) "which," short for hwi-lic "of what form," from Proto-Germanic *hwa-lik- (source also of Old Saxon hwilik, Old Norse hvelikr, Swedish vilken, Old Frisian hwelik, Middle Dutch wilk, Dutch welk, Old High German hwelich, German welch, Gothic hvileiks "which"), ...