Where does “paleontologic” come from?

paleontologic (English) comes from French paléontologique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos — forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'.

paleontologic (English): Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of...

Ancestry of “paleontologic”, step by step

paleontologic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French paléontologique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpaléontologiquepaleontological
2French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
3Middle French-iqueic
4Old French-ique-ic
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Proto-Italic*-ikosforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'

via English paleontology

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleontologyStudy of the forms of life existing in...
2Frenchpaléontologiepaleontology

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of

Words derived from “paleontologic

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ikos
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