Etymology

apelike

A1P3E1L1I1K5E1

Today it means: Similar to an ape in appearance or behaviour. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English ape
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*apô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*apō
  4. Old Englishapa
  5. Middle Englishape
  6. Englishape
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayapelike

From ape + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.