Where does “templatelike” come from?
templatelike (English) comes from English template, from English templet, from French templet, from French temple, from Old French temple, from Vulgar Latin temp(u)la, from Latin tempora, from Latin tempus — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
templatelike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a template
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a template
Ancestry of “templatelike”, step by step
templatelike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English template
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | template | A physical object whose shape is used as a guide... |
| 2 | English | templet | A pattern, guide, or model used to indicate the... |
| 3 | French | templet | a stretcher |
| 4 | French | temple | temple for worship |
| 5 | Old French | temple | temple |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | temp(u)la | — |
| 7 | Latin | tempora | nominative plural of tempus; accusative plural of... |
| 8 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |
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 |