Where does “performic” come from?
performic (English) comes from English formic, from French formique, 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'.
performic (English): Of or pertaining to performic acid or its...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to performic acid or its...
Ancestry of “performic”, step by step
performic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English formic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | formic | Of or pertaining to ants; Of, pertaining to or... |
| 2 | French | formique | formic |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |
via English peroxy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | peroxy | The divalent radical -O-O- derived from a... |