English
troughlike
From trough + -like.
A compound of trough + -like
Proto-Indo-European *dóru ‘tree’
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Proto-Germanic *trugą
Proto-West Germanic *trog
Old English troh ‘a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing…’
Middle English trogh ‘a trough’
English trough
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a trough.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “troughlike”. 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 / troughlike