Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

earthlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
earth-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling the Earth

adj

Similar to, or resembling the Earth

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English earthlike From earth + -like.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more earthlike (comparative) most earthlike (superlative) earth-like (alternative)

Questions

What does earthlike mean?
Resembling the Earth
Where does earthlike come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English earthlike From earth + -like.

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