Etymology

ropelike

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Today it means: Resembling rope. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishrope
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todayropelike

From rope + -like.

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