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Where does “antelopelike” come from?

antelopelike (English) comes from English antelope, from Middle English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ, from Ancient Greek ἀν-, from Ancient Greek ὀρθός, from Proto-Hellenic ortʰwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

antelopelike (English): Resembling an antelope or some aspect of one

Definitions

  1. Resembling an antelope or some aspect of one

Ancestry of “antelopelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishantelopeAny of several African mammals of the family...
2Middle Englishantelopeantelope; heraldic antelope
3Old Frenchantelop—
4Medieval Latinantilops—
5Byzantine Greekἀνθόλοψantelope
6Ancient Greekἀν-Alternative form of ἀ- used before a vowel;...
7Ancient Greekὀρθόςstraight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a...
8Proto-Hellenicortʰwós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃r̥dʰwós—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erdʰ-to increase, grow; upright, high
11Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
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