Etymology

booklike

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Today it means: Resembling a book. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  5. Old Englishbōc
  6. Middle Englishbok
  7. Englishbook
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todaybooklike

From book + -like.

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