Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patentlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
patent-like
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having some characteristics of a patent.

Etymology

Etymology tree English patent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English patentlike From patent + -like.

Inflected Forms

more patentlike (comparative) most patentlike (superlative) patent-like (alternative)

Questions

What does patentlike mean?
Having some characteristics of a patent.
Where does patentlike come from?
Etymology tree English patent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English patentlike From patent + -like.

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