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Where does “grammaticopragmatic” come from?

grammaticopragmatic (English) comes from English pragmatic, from Middle French pragmatique, from Late Latin pragmaticus, from Ancient Greek πραγματικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

grammaticopragmatic (English): Relating to grammar and pragmatics

Definitions

  1. Relating to grammar and pragmatics

Ancestry of “grammaticopragmatic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpragmaticPractical, concerned with making decisions and...
2Middle Frenchpragmatique—
3Late Latinpragmaticusrelating to civil affair; in Latin, as a noun, a...
4Ancient Greekπραγματικόςfit for action or business; businesslike,...
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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