English

tarlike

From tar + -like.

A compound of tar + -like

Proto-Indo-European *dór

Proto-Germanic *terwą

Proto-West Germanic *teru ‘tar, resin’

Old English teoru ‘tar, resin’

Middle English ter ‘Tar or a similar substance’

English tar

Today it means

adj Resembling tar.

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