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
- Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of...
Ancestry of “patriotic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | patriotique | patriotic |
| 2 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 3 | Middle French | -ique | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | — |
Words derived from “patriotic”