Etymograph

English

tilelike

From tile + -like.

Formed from tile + -like

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- ‘to cover’

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Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ ‘tile, brick’

Proto-West Germanic *tigulā ‘tile, brick’

Old English tiġele ‘tile, brick’

Middle English tile

English tile

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of a tile.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / tilelike