Where does “pythonlike” come from?
pythonlike (English) comes from English Python, from Latin Pythōn, from Ancient Greek Πύθων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
pythonlike (English): Resembling a python or some aspect of one
Definitions
- Resembling a python or some aspect of one
Ancestry of “pythonlike”, step by step
pythonlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Python
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Python | Any member of the comedy troupe Monty Python:... |
| 2 | Latin | Pythōn | soothsayer |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Πύθων | serpentine monster from Greek mythology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
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 |