Where does “karmic” come from?

Karmic derives from English karma plus the suffix -ique from French, -icus from Latin, and -kos from Proto-Indo-European, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root kʷer-.

karmic (English): Of or pertaining to karma

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to karma

Ancestry of “karmic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkarmaThe sum total of a person's actions, which...
2Sanskritकर्मnominative singular of कर्मन्; act; activity;...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniankárma—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

Words derived from “karmic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kárma →Every word from Sanskrit कर्म →