Where does “liking” come from?
Liking derives from Middle English liking, from Old Norse líkr, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyg- and ḱóm, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg-.
liking (English): present participle of like; A like; a...
Definitions
- present participle of like; A like; a...
Ancestry of “liking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | likinge | — |
| 2 | Middle English | liken | to like, please |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “liking”