Etymology

mandolinlike

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Today it means: Resembling a mandolin, or the sound of mandolin music Full definition →

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

  1. Englishmandolin
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaymandolinlike

From mandolin + -like.

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