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Where does “thymic” come from?

Thymic comes from English thymic, derived from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Ancient Greek τίθημι meaning to place or set.

thymic (English): Of or relating to the thymus gland; Derived from...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the thymus gland; Derived from...

Ancestry of “thymic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “thymic”

  • thymine
  • athymic
  • intrathymic
  • extrathymic
  • thymically
  • perithymic
  • extrathymically
  • homothymine
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