Etymology

belike

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Today it means: To make like; simulate. Full definition →

Middle English beliken
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belike · verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited frombeliken“to simulate, feign”
  2. English todaybelike

From Middle English beliken (“to simulate, feign”), equivalent to be- + like.

belike · verb, noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishlike
  12. English todaybelike

From be- + like.

belike · adverb3

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Englishlike
  12. English todaybelike

From be- + like.

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