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Where does “lionlike” come from?

lionlike (English) comes from English lion, from French Lion, from Italian Leone, from Spanish león, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lionlike (English): Resembling a lion or some aspect of one

Definitions

  1. Resembling a lion or some aspect of one

Ancestry of “lionlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlionA big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,...
2FrenchLion—
3ItalianLeoneLeo
4Spanishleónlion; antlion; a brave person
5Latinlegiō—
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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