Where does “colicky” come from?

Colicky derives from English colic plus the suffix -y, from French colique, from Latin colicus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning relating to or resembling colic.

colicky (English): Of, pertaining to, or suffering from colic

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from colic

Ancestry of “colicky”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →