Etymology

geometrylike

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Today it means: Resembling geometry. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  7. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  8. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  9. Latingeōmetria
  10. Old Frenchgeometrie
  11. Middle Englishgemetry
  12. Englishgeometry
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. English todaygeometrylike

From geometry + -like.

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