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Where does “διδακτικός” come from?

διδακτικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek διδακτός, from Ancient Greek διδάσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

διδακτικός (Ancient Greek): skilled in teaching

Definitions

  1. skilled in teaching

Ancestry of “διδακτικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδιδακτόςtaught, learnt
2Ancient GreekδιδάσκωI teach, instruct, train
3Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “διδακτικός”

  • didactic
  • didacticism
  • didactics
  • didactical
  • didactically
  • nondidactic
  • undidactic
  • didacticist
  • didacticization
  • didacticize
  • undidactically
  • didacticity
  • nondidactically
  • didáctico
  • didattico
  • didactique
  • didactiquement
  • didacticiel
  • didàctic
  • didàcticament
  • didaktik
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