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Where does “-i-” come from?

-i- (English) comes from Latin -i- — "connective".

-i- (English): Alternative form of -y

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -y

Ancestry of “-i-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-i-"connective"

Words derived from “-i-”

  • equivalent
  • atrocious
  • auspicious
  • pesticide
  • ostentatious
  • ostentatiously
  • equilateral
  • parsimonious
  • equivalently
  • inauspicious
  • uproarious
  • equipoise
  • unostentatious
  • tumorigenesis
  • uproariously
  • equipotential
  • tendentious
  • rambunctious
  • potentiate
  • fossiliferous
  • auspiciously
  • atrociously
  • equiangular
  • unostentatiously
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