Where does “meetinglike” come from?
meetinglike (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.
meetinglike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a meeting
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a meeting
Ancestry of “meetinglike”, step by step
meetinglike 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 meeting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meeting | The act of persons or things that meet; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | meeting | — |
| 3 | Old English | mēting | picture: drawing, painting |
| 4 | Old English | mētan | to meet, find, find out, fall in with, encounter,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |