Where does “aircraftlike” come from?
aircraftlike (English) comes from English aircraft, from English -craft, from Middle English -craft, from Old English -cræft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
aircraftlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of aircraft
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of aircraft
Ancestry of “aircraftlike”, step by step
aircraftlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English aircraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aircraft | A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to... |
| 2 | English | -craft | Denoting a skill of a particular kind; Denoting a... |
| 3 | Middle English | -craft | — |
| 4 | Old English | -cræft | denoting an art or science; denoting strength or... |
| 5 | Old English | cræft | strength, power; skill; art |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
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 |