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Where does “parentlike” come from?

parentlike (English) comes from English parent, from Middle French parent, from Old French parent, from Latin parēns, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

parentlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a parent

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a parent

Ancestry of “parentlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishparentOne of the two persons from whom one is...
2Middle Frenchparentparent
3Old Frenchparentparent
4Latinparēns—
5Latinpariō—
6Latin-iō—
7Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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