Where does “sluicelike” come from?
sluicelike (English) comes from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere — close.
sluicelike (English): Resembling a sluice or some aspect of one
Definitions
- Resembling a sluice or some aspect of one
Ancestry of “sluicelike”, step by step
sluicelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sluice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 2 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 3 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 4 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 5 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 6 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 7 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 8 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 9 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
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 |