alike

Significat (English)

Adj

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

Adv

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

Synonyms

similar

like

same

equal

identical

uniform

likewise

analogous

comparable

similarly

resembling

resemble

homogeneous

equally

even

also

both

allied

exactly

approximate

akin

as well

common

consistent

equivalent

identically

parallel

the same

together

too

unvarying

similar to

indifferently

indistinguishable

in kind

kindred

level

be like

likeness

be

look like

ludicrously

sharing with

peer

pleasingly

quality

real

as

accordantly

along with

semblable

almost

all the same

so

straight

succession

not different

without any difference

resembling each other

twins

adjoining

resembling one another

value

with

withal

exactly alike

like one another

look alike

make uniform

participate in

same in appearance

throw back

congenial

conformably

companionably

changeless

be the same

including

indifferent

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/əˈlaɪk/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: alich

Cognate with anglès mitjà: anlich

Inherited from anglès antic: onlīċ

Cognate with alemany: ähnlich

Inherited from anglès mitjà: ylich

Inherited from anglès antic: ġelīċ

Cognate with escocès: elyke

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: gliek

Cognate with frisó occidental: lyk

Cognate with neerlandès: gelijk

Cognate with alemany: gleich

Cognate with danès: lig

Cognate with suec: lik

Cognate with noruec: lik

Cognate with islandès: líkur

Cognate with frisó occidental: allyk

Inherited from anglès mitjà: aliche

Cognate with anglès mitjà: anliche

Inherited from anglès antic: onlīċe

Inherited from anglès mitjà: oliche

Inherited from anglès mitjà: yliche

Inherited from anglès antic: ġelīċe

In summary

The adjective comes from a conflation of several different terms:
* Middle English alich, alych, alyke, a Late Middle English development from earlier Middle English anlich, anlyke, from Old English onlīċ, anlīċ. Compare German ähnlich.
* The borrowed Old Norse cognate of the same word, álíkr, ultimately yielding similar Late Middle English forms.
* Middle English ylich, ylych, ilich, ylik, ylike, ȝelic, from Old English ġelīċ (“like; alike; similar; equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīk, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“alike, similar”). Cognate with Scots elyke, alyke (“like, alike”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like, alike”), West Frisian lyk, gelyk (“like, alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German Low German liek, gliek (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Swedish lik (“like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”). Equivalent to a- (Etymology 3) + like. Compare also West Frisian allyk (“all the same, alike”).
Similarly, the adverb also comes from a conflation of several different terms:
* Middle English aliche, alyche, alyke, a Late Middle English development from earlier Middle English anliche, anlyke, from Old English onlīċe, anlīċe.
* Additionally Middle English oliche, olike, ultimately from the Old Norse cognate of the same word, álíka.
* Middle English yliche, ylyche, iliche, ylike, ȝelice, from Old English ġelīċe (“alike, similarly”).