Etymology

allergylike

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Today it means: Resembling an allergy Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ál͏̌l͏̌os
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wérgon
  8. Ancient Greekἔργον (érgon)
  9. GermanAllergie
  10. Englishallergy
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. English todayallergylike

From allergy + -like.

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