English
something like that
From something + like + that.
A compound of something + like + that
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 *tód
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Proto-Germanic *þat
Proto-West Germanic *þat
Old English þæt ‘the’
Middle English that
English that
Today it means
pron An intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker wishes to deflect or evade.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / something like that