Where does “galvanic” come from?

Galvanic comes from French galvanique, formed from the French adjective-forming suffix -ique, derived from Latin -icus, which traces back to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

galvanic (English): Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric;...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to galvanism; electric;...

Ancestry of “galvanic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgalvaniquegalvanic
2French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
3Middle French-iqueic
4Old French-ique-ic
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Proto-Italic*-ikosforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'

Words derived from “galvanic”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ikos →Every word from Latin -icus →Every word from French -ique →