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Where does “iconoclastic” come from?

Iconoclastic derives from English iconoclast, French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.

iconoclastic (English): Characterized by attack on established and...

Definitions

  1. Characterized by attack on established and...

Ancestry of “iconoclastic”, 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 “iconoclastic”

  • iconoclastically
  • iconoclasticism
  • noniconoclastic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →