Etymology

tomboylike

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Today it means: Like a tomboy; tomboyish. Full definition →

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

  1. Aramaicתאמא
  2. Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
  3. Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
  4. LatinThōmās
  5. Middle EnglishThomas
  6. Middle EnglishThomme
  7. EnglishTom
  8. Englishtom
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  10. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  12. Old English*bōia
  13. Middle Englishboye
  14. Englishboy
  15. Englishtomboy
  16. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  17. Proto-Germanic*līką
  18. English todaytomboylike

From tomboy + -like.

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