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Where does “Koranic” come from?

Koranic derives from English Qur'an, which comes from Latin -icus, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.

Koranic (English): Alternative spelling of Qur'anic

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of Qur'anic

Ancestry of “Koranic”, 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 “Koranic”

  • Koranically
  • counter-Koranic
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