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Where does “manlike” come from?

Manlike derives from Middle English man and Old English -līċ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- and ḱóm, denoting resemblance to or the quality of a human being.

manlike (English): Of or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to...

Definitions

  1. Of or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to...

Ancestry of “manlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
2Middle EnglishmanTypically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;...
3Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
4Sanskritमहादेव—
5Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
6Sanskritमहायान—
7Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
8Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
9Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

Words derived from “manlike”

  • unmanlike
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