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| #* '''1865''' July 4, [[Lewis Carroll]] ([[Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]]), [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]], chapter 10, | #* '''1865''' July 4, [[Lewis Carroll]] ([[Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]]), [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]], chapter 10, | ||
| #*: “I can tell you more than that, if you '''like''',” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?” | #*: “I can tell you more than that, if you '''like''',” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?” | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Middle English ''liken'', from Old English ''līcian'' (“to please, be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic ''*līkōną, *līkāną'' (“to [[please]]”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*līg-'' (“[[image]], [[likeness]], [[similarity]]”). Cognate with Dutch ''lijken'' (“to [[seem]]”), German ''gleichen'' (“to [[resemble]]”), Icelandic ''líka'' (“to like”), Norwegian ''like'' (“to like”), Albanian ''ngjaj'' (“I resemble, I'm [[alike]]”) from archaic ''nglâj''. | ||
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- To enjoy, be in favor/favour of.
- I like hamburgers.
- I like the Milwaukee Braves this season.
- I like skiing in winter.
- To find attractive; to love.
- I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
- To do regularly.
- I like to go to the dentist every 6 months.
- To want.
- 1865 July 4, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 10,
- “I can tell you more than that, if you like,” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?”
- 1865 July 4, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 10,
Etymology
From Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to please, be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic *līkōną, *līkāną (“to please”), from Proto-Indo-European *līg- (“image, likeness, similarity”). Cognate with Dutch lijken (“to seem”), German gleichen (“to resemble”), Icelandic líka (“to like”), Norwegian like (“to like”), Albanian ngjaj (“I resemble, I'm alike”) from archaic nglâj.
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