Etymology

archlike

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Today it means: Having the form of an arch Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erkʷos
  3. Proto-Italic*arkuos
  4. Latinarcus
  5. Old Frencharc
  6. Old Frencharche
  7. Middle Englisharch
  8. Englisharch
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todayarchlike

From arch + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.