Etymology

sportsmanlike

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Today it means: Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  9. Proto-Italic*portā
  10. Proto-Italic*portāō
  11. Latinportāre
  12. Old Frenchporter
  13. Anglo-Normandesporter
  14. Middle Englishdisporten
  15. Middle Englishsporten
  16. Englishsport
  17. Englishsports
  18. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  19. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  20. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  21. Old Englishmann
  22. Middle Englishman
  23. Englishsportsman
  24. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  25. Proto-Germanic*līką
  26. English todaysportsmanlike

From sportsman + -like.

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