English
like-minded
From like + mind + -ed.
A compound of like + mind + -ed
Proto-Germanic *līką ‘body’
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Proto-Germanic *līkāną ‘to conform’
Proto-West Germanic *līkēn ‘to be pleasing’
Old English līcian ‘to like’
Middle English liken ‘to be appealing or pleasant’
English like
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’
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Proto-Germanic *mundiz ‘memory’
Proto-West Germanic *mundi
Old English mynd ‘mind’
Middle English minde
English mind
Today it means
adj Of similar opinion, given to holding similar opinions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / like-minded