Where does “alike” come from?

alike (Yola) comes from Middle English yliche, from Old English ġelīc, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

alike (Yola): alike

Definitions

  1. alike

Ancestry of “alike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishylichein the same way, alike, similarly
2Old Englishġelīclike, similar; like, alike, similar, equal,...
3Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
4Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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