Likeness
/ˈlaɪk.nəs/noun
The state or quality of resembling someone or something; an image or representation.
Did you know?In Old English, *licnes* already meant “form, image, or resemblance,” showing how long English has treated likeness as something almost magical: a copied presence.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
licnes
“form, image, resemblance”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*līkīnassu
“likeness, resemblance”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*līkaz
“body, form, like”
Old English
OE
gelīc
“like, similar”
Modern English
English
likeness
“the quality or state of resembling something or someone”