Where does “quincelike” come from?
quincelike (English) comes from English quince, from English quinceañera, from Spanish quinceañera, from Spanish quince, from Old Spanish quinze, from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
quincelike (English): Resembling a quince
Definitions
- Resembling a quince
Ancestry of “quincelike”, step by step
quincelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quince
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quince | The pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose... |
| 2 | English | quinceañera | The fifteenth birthday and particularly the... |
| 3 | Spanish | quinceañera | female equivalent of quinceañero:... |
| 4 | Spanish | quince | fifteen |
| 5 | Old Spanish | quinze | fifteen |
| 6 | Latin | quindecim | fifteen; 15 |
| 7 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 8 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
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 |