Where does “shantylike” come from?
shantylike (English) comes from English shanty, from French chantez, from Middle French chant, from Old French chant, from Latin cantus, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
shantylike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a shanty
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a shanty
Ancestry of “shantylike”, step by step
shantylike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shanty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shanty | A roughly-built hut or cabin; A rudimentary or... |
| 2 | French | chantez | second-person plural present indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle French | chant | song |
| 4 | Old French | chant | song |
| 5 | Latin | cantus | sung, recited; sounded, blew; chanted |
| 6 | Latin | canere | present active infinitive of canō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | caneo | I am white, gray or hoary |
| 8 | Latin | -eo | Forms stative verbs from adjectives; dative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs 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 |