Where does “augerlike” come from?
augerlike (English) comes from English auger, from Middle English nauger, from Middle English nave, from Old French navie, from Latin nāvigia, from Latin nāvigium, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis — out, outward.
augerlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of an auger
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of an auger
Ancestry of “augerlike”, step by step
augerlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auger | A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than... |
| 2 | Middle English | nauger | auger |
| 3 | Middle English | nave | nave hub of a wheel |
| 4 | Old French | navie | navy |
| 5 | Latin | nāvigia | — |
| 6 | Latin | nāvigium | vessel, ship, boat |
| 7 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 8 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 10 | German | hinaus | out |
| 11 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 12 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
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 |