Where does “anodic” come from?
Anodic comes from English anode, derived from Ancient Greek ἀνα- and ἀνά, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
anodic (English): Relating to an anode
Ancestry of “anodic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | anodique | anodic |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | — |
Words derived from “anodic”