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Where does “morphosemantic” come from?

morphosemantic (English) comes from English semantic, from French sémantique, from Ancient Greek σημαντικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

morphosemantic (English): Of or relating to morphosemantics

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to morphosemantics

Ancestry of “morphosemantic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsemanticOf or relating to semantics or the meanings of...
2Frenchsémantiquesemantic; semantics
3Ancient Greekσημαντικόςsignificant, giving signs
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “morphosemantic”

  • morphosemantically
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