actorly

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin āctus

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin āctorbor.

Middle English actour

English actor

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-West Germanic *-līk

Old English -līċ

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English actorly

From actor + -ly.

actorly (comparative more actorly, superlative most actorly)

Pertaining or proper to an actor.
- 2009 January 2, David Carr, “I'm Trying to See All These Movies. You Want to Talk? Go Home!”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 December 2024:
  Will it be the technically wondrous charms of "Benjamin Button" or the actorly accomplishments of "Milk" ?

proper to an actor