Etymology

unmerchantlike

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Today it means: Not merchantlike. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Italic*merks
  9. Latinmerx
  10. Latinmercor
  11. Latinmercāns
  12. Anglo-Normanmarchaunt
  13. Middle Englishmarchaunt
  14. Englishmerchant
  15. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  16. Proto-Germanic*līką
  17. Englishmerchantlike
  18. English todayunmerchantlike

From un- + merchantlike.

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