Where does “primatelike” come from?
primatelike (English) comes from English primate, from French primate, from Latin prīmās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
primatelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a primate
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a primate
Ancestry of “primatelike”, step by step
primatelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English primate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | primate | A mammal of the order "Primates", including... |
| 2 | French | primate | primate mammal |
| 3 | Latin | prīmās | one of the first or principal, chief, excellent, noble; alternative form of prīmus |
| 4 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 5 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |