English
triggerlike
From trigger + -like.
Formed from trigger + -like
Proto-Indo-European *dreg- ‘to pull’
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Old Dutch *trecken
Middle Dutch trecken ‘to pull or draw to oneself’
Dutch trekken ‘to drag, draw, pull’
Dutch trekker ‘pull’
English trigger
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a trigger.
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Etymograph / triggerlike