Etymology

unalike

un·a·like
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Today it means: Of an unlike kind; different Full definition →

Middle English unylich ← Old English unġelic ← Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. Proto-Germanic*galīkaz
  10. Proto-Germanic*ungalīkaz
  11. Old Englishunġelic
  12. Middle Englishunylich
  13. English todayunalike

Inherited from Middle English unylich, from Old English unġelic, from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + alike.

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