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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ʌnˈlaɪk/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is Middle English unlik,^(MWU 2024) formed from [[un-]] “not” and [[like]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Its early spread in northern and eastern areas suggests that it was first an adaptation of Old Norse úlíkr,^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) corresponding to Old English unġelīc,^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) and similar words exist in Old Frisian unlik and German ungleich.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Not resembling, different from: about 1200 in the OED and Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Not like each other is from about 1250,^(OED 1989) and unequal or not uniform from about 1375.^(OED 1989) The adverb meant “unevenly, unequally” in the mid-14th century, now obsolete,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and “differently” from the early 15th century.^(Etymonline) The preposition, different from, is from about 1592 in Merriam-Webster,^(MWU 2024) and the conjunction, not in the same way as, from the late 20th century.^(SOED 2002) A verb unlike, “to cease to like”, is from 1761, earlier “to displease” (late 13th century).^(Etymonline) In Yorkshire and Warwickshire dialect it meant “unlikely”.^(Wright 1898)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1200 – not resembling.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)
+ * c. 1250 – not like each other.^(OED 1989)
+ * mid-14th century – adverb, unequally.^(Etymonline)
+ * c. 1592 – preposition.^(MWU 2024)
+ * 1761 – verb, to cease to like.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Preposition===
+ # Different from; not like: ''unlike his brother, he is shy''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # Not [[typical]] of: ''it's unlike her to be late''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
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+ ===Adjective===
+ # Not alike; [[different]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)
+ # Not equal, as in amount.^(AHD)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[unlikeness]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[like]]
+ * [[unlikely]]
+ * [[alike]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}