"documentarylike" meaning in English

See documentarylike in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more documentarylike [comparative], most documentarylike [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English documentarylike From documentary + -like. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|documentary|-like|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English documentarylike From documentary + -like. Head templates: {{en-adj}} documentarylike (comparative more documentarylike, superlative most documentarylike)
  1. Resembling a documentary. Related terms: docudrama, docufiction, mockumentary Translations (resembling documentary): dokumentinomainen (Finnish), dokumentalny (Polish)
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