Beaklike
/ˈbiːk.laɪk/noun
Resembling a beak in shape or appearance.
Did you know?The core word *beak* was borrowed into English from Old French *bec*, and its deeper ancestry reaches back to Latin *beccus*, a form some scholars connect to a Celtic source for a bird’s bill.
Etymological Timeline
Late Middle English
English
beaklike
“Having the form or appearance of a beak.”
Old French
Old French
bec
“A bird’s bill or pointed mouth-like projection.”
Late Latin
Latin
beccus
“A beak or bill; a pointed bird’s mouth.”
Proto-Celtic
Celtic
*bekkos
“A bill or beak (reconstructed source often proposed for the Latin form).”
Modern English
English
beak + like
“A descriptive compound meaning “resembling a beak.””