English
setterlike
From setter + -like.
Formed from setter + -like
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
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Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set, place’
Old English settan ‘to set, establish, place, make’
Middle English setten ‘to put, lay, set, place’
Middle English settere
English setter
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a setter (breed of dog).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / setterlike