-ly

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-mak
-ly

    Synonyms

    -ish, -like, -ous, -y

    Etymology

    () From Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līkan (“body”) (whence lich). Cognate with Dutch -lijk, German -lich and Swedish -lig, and with English -like (from Proto-Germanic *līka-).
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