Where does “bargelike” come from?
bargelike (English) comes from English barge, from Middle English barge, from Old French barge, from Vulgar Latin barga, from Latin Barca, from Latin bārica, from Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
bargelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a barge
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a barge
Ancestry of “bargelike”, step by step
bargelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English barge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | barge | A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled... |
| 2 | Middle English | barge | A medium ship or boat, especially one protecting... |
| 3 | Old French | barge | boat |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | barga | — |
| 5 | Latin | Barca | particularly a dynasty of Carthaginian leaders |
| 6 | Latin | bārica | — |
| 7 | Latin | bāris | baris |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βᾶρις | flat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,... |
| 9 | Coptic | ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ | boat, barge |
| 10 | Demotic | br | — |
| 11 | Egyptian | bꜣjr | a type of ship used for traveling or transporting... |
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 |