Where does “steellike” come from?
steellike (English) comes from English steel, from English -ville, from French ville, from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
steellike (English): Resembling or characteristic of steel
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of steel
Ancestry of “steellike”, step by step
steellike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English steel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | steel | An artificial metal produced from iron, harder... |
| 2 | English | -ville | Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town... |
| 3 | French | ville | town, city |
| 4 | Middle French | ville | city or town |
| 5 | Old French | ville | city or town |
| 6 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 7 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 8 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb 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 |