Etymology

factorylike

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Today it means: Resembling a factory in any of various respects Full definition →

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

  1. Englishfactory
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todayfactorylike

From factory + -like.

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