English
Lincoln-like
From Lincoln + -like.
Formed from Lincoln + -like
Proto-Celtic *lindos ‘lake, liquid’
Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn ‘pool’
Latin Lindum Colōnia ‘the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia’
Old English Lincolle
Middle English Lincolne
English Lincoln
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of Abraham Lincoln.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lincoln-like