Etymology

monkeylike

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Today it means: Resembling or similar to a monkey. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishmonkey
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaymonkeylike

From monkey + -like.

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