English
shadowlike
From shadow + -like.
Formed from shadow + -like
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘darkness’
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Proto-West Germanic *skadu
Old English sċeadu ‘shadow’
Old English sċeaduwe
Middle English schadowe
English shadow
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a shadow.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shadowlike”. 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 / shadowlike