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Where does “deterministic” come from?

Deterministic comes from French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives that denote quality or relation.

deterministic (English): Of, or relating to determinism; Having at most...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to determinism; Having at most...

Ancestry of “deterministic”, 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

Words derived from “deterministic”

  • nondeterministic
  • deterministically
  • indeterministic
  • nondeterministically
  • semideterministic
  • undeterministic
  • non-deterministic
  • superdeterministic
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