English
fall-like
From fall + -like.
Formed from fall + -like
Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’
Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’
Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’
Old English feallan ‘to fall’
Middle English fallen ‘to fall’
English fall
Today it means
adj Typical or characteristic of fall (autumn); autumnal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fall-like