Etymology

messiahlike

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

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

  1. Aramaicܡ ܫ ܚ
  2. Aramaicܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)
  3. Hebrewמָשַׁח
  4. Biblical Hebrewמָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)
  5. Ancient GreekΜεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)
  6. LatinMessīās
  7. Middle EnglishMessyas
  8. Englishmessiah
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todaymessiahlike

From messiah + -like.

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