Where does “basaltic” come from?
Basaltic derives from English basalt plus the French suffix -ique, from Latin basanites, a stone name of uncertain ultimate origin possibly involving Proto-Indo-European -kos.
basaltic (English): Of or pertaining to basalt
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to basalt
Ancestry of “basaltic”, step by step
basaltic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English basalt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | basalt | A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral... |
| 2 | Latin | basaltes | — |
| 3 | Latin | basanites | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βασανίτης | — |
| 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 |