Where does “crayonlike” come from?
crayonlike (English) comes from English crayon, from French crayon, from French craie, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
crayonlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a crayon
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a crayon
Ancestry of “crayonlike”, step by step
crayonlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crayon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crayon | A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing;... |
| 2 | French | crayon | pencil; pen; cock, dick, prick |
| 3 | French | craie | chalk |
| 4 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |