Where does “dowagerlike” come from?
dowagerlike (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.
dowagerlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a dowager
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a dowager
Ancestry of “dowagerlike”, step by step
dowagerlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English dowager
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dowager | a widow holding property or title derived from... |
| 2 | Middle French | douagere | — |
| 3 | Middle French | douage | dower |
| 4 | Middle French | douer | to endow |
| 5 | Latin | doto | I endow |
| 6 | Latin | dōs | dowry |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dōtis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃tis | giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |