Where does “adderlike” come from?
adderlike (English) comes from English adder, from English add, from Middle English adden, from Latin addō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
adderlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of an adder
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of an adder
Ancestry of “adderlike”, step by step
adderlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adder | Any snake; A name loosely applied to various... |
| 2 | English | add | To join or unite so as to increase the number,... |
| 3 | Middle English | adden | to join or unite (something with something else); to add |
| 4 | Latin | addō | to add |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
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 |