English

easy-like

Easily.

    Etymology graph

    • inherited
    • borrowed
    • derived
    • parts
    • meaning component
    • sound component
    • related
    React Flow

    Click a node to zoom in · double-click to open it

    Origin

    From easy + -like.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • partEnglisheasy “Comfortable; at ease.”
      • derivedMiddle Englishesy “comfortable, at ease”
        • derivedMiddle Englishese “ease”
      • suffixEnglish-y “Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving…”
        • inheritedMiddle English-y
    • suffixEnglish-like “Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).”
      • inheritedMiddle English-like
        • inheritedOld English-līċ

    Sources