rudderlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a rudder.

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

adjectiverudderlike (comparative more rudderlike, superlative most rudderlike)

comparative more rudderlike · superlative most rudderlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rudder.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁roh₁-(ye-)-ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*rōaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*rōþrą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*rōþr
  6. Old Englishrōþor
  7. Middle Englishrother
  8. Englishrudder
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. Englishrudderlike

From rudder + -like.

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APA

rudderlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudderlike

MLA

“rudderlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudderlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rudderlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudderlike.

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