Etymology

gamelike

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Today it means: Resembling a game. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  3. Old Englishgamen
  4. Middle Englishgame
  5. Englishgame
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todaygamelike

From game + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.