Where does “patriotic” come from?

Patriotic comes from French patriotique, derived from Latin pater meaning father, with the adjectival suffix -ique ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

patriotic (English): Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of...

Definitions

  1. Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of...

Ancestry of “patriotic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpatriotiquepatriotic
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'

Words derived from “patriotic”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ikos →Every word from Latin -icus →Every word from French -ique →
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