alike English · revision 7473

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 950|origins=gem-pro *galīkaz}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈlaɪk/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English iliche, ilike, with forms aliche, alike in the 14th century,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) [[inh|ang|ġelīċ|t=similar, like]] (adverb ġelīċe) and onlīċ,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, from ga-, together, and *līkam, body, form,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE *lig-, shape.^(Barnhart 1988) It was reinforced in Middle English by Old Norse [[m|non|álíkr|t=alike]] and álíka.^(NODE 1998)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) Cognates include Dutch [[m|nl|gelijk]], German [[m|de|gleich]] and Gothic galeiks.^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Like one another, similar: about 950 in the OED;^(OED 1989) as iliche, about 1175, in Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline describes the underlying notion as having a corresponding form or body.^(Etymonline) Barnhart argues that alike is not a compound of a- and an Old English *līc, and that the adjective [[like]] is rather a shortened form of alike.^(Barnhart 1988) The adverb, in the same manner, is from before 1000,^(OED 1989) and the adjective is now almost always used after a verb.^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) ''Alike-minded'' is from 1638.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 950 – similar (adjective).^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1000 – in the same way (adverb).^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1175 – iliche.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 14th century – forms in a-.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Closely [[resemble|alt=resembling]] one another; [[similar]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # In the same way or to the same degree.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[alikeness]]

+ * [[soundalike]]

+ * [[unalike]]

+ * [[look-alike]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[like]]

+ * [[likely]]

+ * [[each]]

+ * [[such]]

+ * [[which]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}