Where does “clauselike” come from?
clauselike (English) comes from English clause, from French clause, from German Klausel, from Spanish cláusula, from Portuguese cláusula, from Italian clausola, from Latin clausula, from Latin -ula — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
clauselike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a clause
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a clause
Ancestry of “clauselike”, step by step
clauselike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clause | A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and... |
| 2 | French | clause | clause |
| 3 | German | Klausel | term; clause |
| 4 | Spanish | cláusula | clause |
| 5 | Portuguese | cláusula | clause |
| 6 | Italian | clausola | clause, codicil |
| 7 | Latin | clausula | conclusion, close, end; the close of a period;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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 |