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Where does “hypertrophic” come from?

Hypertrophic derives from French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives denoting quality or relation to a noun.

hypertrophic (English): Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy

Ancestry of “hypertrophic”, 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 “hypertrophic”

  • pseudohypertrophic
  • prehypertrophic
  • antihypertrophic
  • prohypertrophic
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