Synonyme
kind,
likes,
sort,
type,
brand,
class,
classification,
denomination,
gender,
kin,
lot,
order,
persuasion,
race,
setAussprache
Etymologie
[ 'ilk ] (pronoun.) before 12th century. From Middle English ilke Old English īlca, from Proto-Germanic *ilīkaz, a compound of *iz and *-līkaz from the noun *līkan (“body”). The sense of “type”, “kind” is from the application of the phrase ‘of that ilk’ to families: the word thus came to mean ‘family’.