competenter

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin competēns
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Latin competenter

    From competēns (“meeting, agreeing”) + -ter.

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    competenter (comparative competentius, superlative competentissimē)

    1. suitably, appositely
    2. properly, becomingly

    References

    • “competenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “competenter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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