Where does “austenitic” come from?
Austenitic derives from English austenite plus the suffix -ique from French, -icus from Latin, and -kos from Proto-Indo-European, an ancient adjectival formative element.
austenitic (English): Relating to, or containing to austenite
Definitions
- Relating to, or containing to austenite
Ancestry of “austenitic”, step by step
austenitic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Austenite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Austenite | Alternative letter-case form of austenite; a fan... |
| 2 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |