Etymology

cryptlike

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Today it means: Resembling a crypt Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekκρύπτω (krúptō)
  2. Ancient Greekκρυπτή (kruptḗ)
  3. Latincrypta
  4. Englishcrypt
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. English todaycryptlike

From crypt + -like.

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