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Where does “-adic” come from?

-adic (English) comes from English monadic, from Ancient Greek μοναδικός, from Ancient Greek μονάς, from Translingual Chlamydomonas, from Ancient Greek χλαμύς, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος, from Ancient Greek σαύρα — lizard.

-adic (English): Having a specified adicity

Definitions

  1. Having a specified adicity

Ancestry of “-adic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmonadicof or relating to a monad; univalent; of or...
2Ancient Greekμοναδικόςsingle
3Ancient Greekμονάςalone, solitary, isolated; special feminine form...
4TranslingualChlamydomonas—
5Ancient Greekχλαμύςcloak, robe, mantle
6Ancient GreekσαῦροςAlternative form of σαύρᾱ; horse mackerel
7Ancient Greekσαύραlizard

Words derived from “-adic”

  • decadic
  • adicity
  • variadic
  • niladic
  • zeroadic
  • variadics
  • polyvariadic
  • n-adic
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