Etymology

grapelike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a grape (the fruit, a bunch thereof, or the plant). Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English grape
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ger-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*greb-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ger-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gremb-
  5. Frankish*krappō
  6. Old Frenchgraperdeverb.
  7. Old Frenchgrappe
  8. Middle Englishgrape
  9. Englishgrape
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. English todaygrapelike

From grape + -like.

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