Where does “etiological” come from?

Etiological derives from English etiology plus the suffix -ic, which comes from French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.

etiological (English): Relating to an etiology

Definitions

  1. Relating to an etiology

Ancestry of “etiological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icalUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2Middle English-ical—

Words derived from “etiological”

Every word from Middle English -ical →Every word from English -ical →