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Etymology

Etymology tree English endemic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English endemically From endemic + -ally.

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1. In an endemic manner.
   • Malaria occurs endemically, epidemically, pandemically, or sporadically. 1886, Hermann Ludwig Eichhorst, Handbook of Practical Medicine, page 168:
   • [Gorbachev] did not champion perestroika and glasnost alone; much of the nomenklatura had decided that the Soviet economic and social model was dysfunctional, corrupt and endemically inefficient and had to change. 2007 October 13, Will Hutton, “Will China's next leader be its Gorbachev?”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025:

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