Etymology

jellylike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of jelly. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  2. Latingelū
  3. Latingelō
  4. Early Medieval Latingelāta
  5. Old Frenchgelee
  6. Middle Englishgele
  7. Englishjelly
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todayjellylike

From jelly + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.