alike

Meanings

Adjective

• Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

Adverb

• In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

Origin

• , reinforced by Old Norse álíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz ("alike, similar"). Cognate with Scots elyke, alyke, Saterland Frisian gliek ("like, alike"), West Frisian lyk, gelyk, Dutch gelijk ("like, alike"), German Low German liek, gliek, German gleich ("equal, like"), Danish lig ("alike"), Swedish lik ("like, similar"), Norwegian lik ("like, alike"), Icelandic líkur ("alike, like, similar").