Where does “cinnamonlike” come from?

cinnamonlike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

cinnamonlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of cinnamon

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of cinnamon

Ancestry of “cinnamonlike”, step by step

cinnamonlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English like

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlikeTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;...
2Dutchluikhatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych
3Middle Dutchluke
4Dutchluikento close, to shut
5Middle Dutchlukento close, to shut; to close, to become closed
6Old Dutchlūcanto close, shut
7Proto-West Germaniclūkanto close, to shut
8Proto-Germaniclūkanąto close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

via English cinnamon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcinnamonA small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and...
2Middle Englishsynamomecinnamon; The cinnamon tree; the trees which...
3Old Frenchcinnamone
4Latincinnamon
5Ancient Greekκίνναμον
6Ancient GreekκιννάμωμονChinese cinnamon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic lūkanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic lūkan
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