## Etymology
From inadvertent (from in- 'not' + Latin advertens 'attentive', present participle of advertere 'to turn toward', from ad- + vertere 'to turn') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

## AI Etymology
inadvertently comes from inadvertent (from in- 'not' + Latin advertens 'attentive', present participle of advertere 'to turn toward', from ad- + vertere 'to turn') + the adverbial suffix -ly. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adverb sense is "without intention; by accident", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as inadvertent, inadvertence, and advert. Its semantic neighborhood includes accidentally, unintentionally, unwittingly, and involuntarily, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin advertere and Latin vertere.

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