Where does “lookalike” come from?
lookalike (English) comes from English Look, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
lookalike (English): Someone who physically resembles someone else
Definitions
- Someone who physically resembles someone else
Ancestry of “lookalike”, step by step
lookalike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Look
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Look | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English alike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alike | Having resemblance or similitude; similar;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ylich | alike, similar (+ dative or to: similar to, like) |
| 3 | Old English | ġelīc | like, similar; like, alike, similar, equal,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |