English
thimblelike
From thimble + -like.
Formed from thimble + -like
Proto-Indo-European *tum- ‘to swell’
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Proto-West Germanic *þūmō ‘thumb’
Old English þūma ‘thumb’
Old English þȳmel ‘thimble, thumbstall’
Middle English thymbyll
English thimble
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a thimble.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thimblelike”. 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 / thimblelike