Where does “orogenic” come from?
Orogenic comes from English orogeny plus the French suffix -ique, from Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.
orogenic (English): Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the...
Definitions
- Concerned with orogeny; pertaining to the...
Ancestry of “orogenic”, step by step
orogenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English orogeny
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | orogeny | The process of mountain building by the upward... |
| 2 | French | orogénie | orogeny |
| 3 | French | -génie | -genesis |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -γένεια | -geny |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -γενής | born in a certain place or condition; of a kind |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via French orogénique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | orogénique | orogenic |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |