Etymology

mosaiclike

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Today it means: Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient GreekΜουσεῖον (Mouseîon)
  2. Ancient Greekμουσεῖον (mouseîon)
  3. Late Latinmūsīvum
  4. Medieval Latinmusaicum
  5. Italianmosaico
  6. Middle Frenchmosaïque
  7. Englishmosaic
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todaymosaiclike

From mosaic + -like.

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