Etymology

documentarylike

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Today it means: Resembling a documentary. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English documentary
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  4. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  5. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  6. Latindoceō
  7. Latindocumentum
  8. Frenchdocument
  9. Frenchdocumentaire
  10. Englishdocumentary
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. English todaydocumentarylike

From documentary + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.