Etymology

painterly

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Today it means: Characteristic of a painter or paintings. Full definition →

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

  1. Old Frenchpeintor
  2. Middle Englishpeyntour
  3. Englishpainter
  4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  5. Proto-Germanic*līką
  6. English todaypainterly

From painter + -ly.

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