English
purposelike
From purpose + -like.
Formed from purpose + -like
Latin pōnō ‘to place, put’
Latin prōpōnō ‘to put forth, propose’
Old French purposer ‘to propose’
Middle English purpos
English purpose
Today it means
adj purposeful
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “purposelike”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / purposelike