Where does “luk olsem” come from?
luk olsem (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin luk, from English Look, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
luk olsem (Tok Pisin): look like, resemble
Definitions
- look like, resemble
Ancestry of “luk olsem”, step by step
luk olsem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin luk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | luk | look |
| 2 | English | Look | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Tok Pisin olsem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | olsem | thus; as; to; as |
| 2 | English | all | Every individual or anything of the given class,... |
| 3 | Middle English | all | all; all, every |
| 4 | Old English | eall | all; whole, entire; everything |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |