Etymology

actlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of an act or performance. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English act
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The story

  1. Latinagō
  2. Latināctus
  3. Latinācta
  4. Old Frenchact
  5. Middle Englishacte
  6. Englishact
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayactlike

From act + -like.

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