Where does “scorbutic” come from?
scorbutic (English) comes from French scorbutique, 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'.
scorbutic (English): Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy
Ancestry of “scorbutic”, step by step
scorbutic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French scorbutique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | scorbutique | scorbutic |
| 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' |
via Latin scorbuticus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scorbuticus | pertaining to scurvy |
| 2 | Latin | scorbutus | scurvy |
| 3 | French | scorbut | scurvy |
| 4 | Late Latin | scorbutus | scurvy |