Where does “rougelike” come from?

rougelike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

rougelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of rouge

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of rouge

Ancestry of “rougelike”, step by step

rougelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English like

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlikeTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;...
2Dutchluikhatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych
3Middle Dutchluke
4Dutchluikento close, to shut
5Middle Dutchlukento close, to shut; to close, to become closed
6Old Dutchlūcanto close, shut
7Proto-West Germaniclūkanto close, to shut
8Proto-Germaniclūkanąto close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

via English rouge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrougeOf a reddish pink colour; Red or pink makeup to...
2Frenchrougered
3Middle Frenchrougered
4Old Frenchrogered
5Latinrubeusred, reddish; of or pertaining to the bramble...
6Latinruberred approximately like red ochre (which had a traditional status among the Romans); red that was both common and dignified, somewhat associated with pigment
7Proto-Italicruðrosred
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rudʰrósred
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-