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English

-like

suffix

Meaning

  1. Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly.
  2. Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like From Middle English -like, -lik, from Middle English like, lik (“same, similar, alike”), from Old English ġelīc and Old Norse líkr (“same, similar, alike”). Reinforced by like (preposition). Doublet of -ly. Compare also Dutch -lijk (“-ly, -like”).

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