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Where does “aguelike” come from?

aguelike (English) comes from English ague, from Middle English agu, from Middle French aguë, from Latin acūta, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus — sharp.

aguelike (English): Resembling an ague or some aspect of one

Definitions

  1. Resembling an ague or some aspect of one

Ancestry of “aguelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishagueAn acute fever; An intermittent fever, attended...
2Middle Englishagu—
3Middle Frenchaguëacute
4Latinacūta—
5Latinacūtus—
6Latinacuō—
7Latinacusa needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff
8Proto-Italicakus—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱus—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →