Etymology

manlike

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Today it means: Of or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to women or children; macho, mannish, virile. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  4. Old Englishmann
  5. Middle Englishman
  6. Englishman
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todaymanlike

From man + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.