Etymology

characterlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a character (in any sense). Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English character
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  1. Ancient Greekχαράσσω (kharássō)
  2. Ancient Greekχαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)
  3. Latincharactēr
  4. Old Frenchcaractere
  5. Middle Englishcaracter
  6. Englishcharacter
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todaycharacterlike

From character + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.