Where does “docklike” come from?

docklike (English) comes from English dock, from Dutch dok, from Middle Dutch docke, from Italian doccia, from Italian doccione, from Latin ductiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

docklike (English): Resembling a dock or some aspect of one

Definitions

  1. Resembling a dock or some aspect of one

Ancestry of “docklike”, step by step

docklike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdockAny of the genus "Rumex" of coarse weedy plants...
2Dutchdokdock
3Middle Dutchdockea doll; channel
4Italiandocciashower; drainpipe; plaster cast
5Italiandoccionespout (for water); gargoyle
6Latinductiōleading (away)
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

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
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ