branchlike

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adjective

resembling a branch of a tree

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English branch →
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Meanings

adjectivebranchlike (comparative more branchlike, superlative most branchlike)

comparative more branchlike · superlative most branchlike

  1. resembling a branch of a tree

    These roads, branchlike, divide and subdivide until they end in trails which finally tap a great hinterland inhabited by a scattered population.

    1916, The Phi Delta Kappan, page 157

Origin

  1. Englishbranch
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishbranchlike

From branch + -like.

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APA

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MLA

“branchlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/branchlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “branchlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/branchlike.

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