Meanings
adjectivedocumentarylike (comparative more documentarylike, superlative most documentarylike)
comparative more documentarylike · superlative most documentarylike
- Resembling a documentary.
The book is a collage of sorts, a series of short, documentarylike moments from August 1892 to Dec. 31, 1941.
2008 March 4, Charles Mcgrath, “A Debunker on the Road to World War II”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
- Proto-Italic*dokejō
- Proto-Italic*dokeō
- Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
- Latindoceō
- Latindocumentum
- Frenchdocument
- Frenchdocumentaire
- Englishdocumentary
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishdocumentarylike
From documentary + -like.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish dokumentinomainen
- dokumentinomainenresembling documentary
Polish dokumentalny
- dokumentalnyresembling documentary
Cite this entry
APA
documentarylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documentarylike
MLA
“documentarylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documentarylike. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “documentarylike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documentarylike.
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