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Where does “-ergic” come from?

-ergic (English) comes from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem, from Latin im- — in.

-ergic (English): Produced or activated by

Definitions

  1. Produced or activated by

Ancestry of “-ergic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “-ergic”

  • adrenergic
  • cholinergic
  • dopaminergic
  • anticholinergic
  • serotonergic
  • GABAergic
  • glutamatergic
  • monoaminergic
  • catecholaminergic
  • serotoninergic
  • histaminergic
  • purinergic
  • peptidergic
  • glycinergic
  • aminergic
  • noncholinergic
  • glutaminergic
  • nonadrenergic
  • opioidergic
  • antidopaminergic
  • antiadrenergic
  • hyperadrenergic
  • oxytocinergic
  • orexinergic
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