Where does “puttylike” come from?
puttylike (English) comes from English putty, from French potée, from French pot, from English pot, from Middle English pot, from Old French pot, from Vulgar Latin pottum, from Frankish *pott — a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of...
puttylike (English): Resembling putty or some aspect of it
Definitions
- Resembling putty or some aspect of it
Ancestry of “puttylike”, step by step
puttylike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English putty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | putty | A form of cement, made from linseed oil and... |
| 2 | French | potée | potful; hotpot |
| 3 | French | pot | pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton; cooking pot;... |
| 4 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 5 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 6 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 8 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |
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 |