likeness

Meanings

Noun

Verb

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Origin

  • From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes, from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī, equivalent to like + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian likenis, Dutch gelijkenis, German Low German Glieknis, German Gleichnis. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare also Old Norse líkneskja.

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