Where does “caddielike” come from?
caddielike (English) comes from English caddie, from Scots caddie, from French cadet, from French capdet, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
caddielike (English): Resembling or acting like a caddie
Definitions
- Resembling or acting like a caddie
Ancestry of “caddielike”, step by step
caddielike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caddie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caddie | A golfer's assistant and adviser; Alternative... |
| 2 | Scots | caddie | caddie; A youth or boy who does odd jobs |
| 3 | French | cadet | youngest; cadet, student officer; junior... |
| 4 | French | capdet | chief, captain |
| 5 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal 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 |