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Where does “Talmudic” come from?

Talmudic comes from English Talmud plus the French suffix -ique, derived from Latin -icus, which traces to Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

Talmudic (English): Of, or relating to the Talmud; Characterized by...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to the Talmud; Characterized by...

Ancestry of “Talmudic”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →