Where does “Lincoln-like” come from?
Lincoln-like (English) comes from English Lincoln, from Middle English Lincolne, from Old English Lindcylene, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
Lincoln-like (English): Resembling or characteristic of Abraham Lincoln
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of Abraham Lincoln
Ancestry of “Lincoln-like”, step by step
Lincoln-like traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lincoln
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lincoln | A brand of American automobile; An English breed... |
| 2 | Middle English | Lincolne | — |
| 3 | Old English | Lindcylene | the city of Lincoln, England |
| 4 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 5 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |