Etymology

eightlike

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Today it means: Shaped like a figure eight. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English eight
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*oḱtṓw
  2. Proto-Germanic*ahtōu
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ahtō
  4. Old Englisheahta
  5. Middle Englisheighte
  6. Englisheight
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayeightlike

From eight + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.