Etymology

locustlike

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

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lek-der.?
  2. Latinlocusta
  3. Anglo-Normanlocuste
  4. Middle Englishlocuste
  5. Englishlocust
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  7. Proto-Germanic*līką
  8. English todaylocustlike

From locust + -like.

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