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Where does “esthétiquement” come from?

esthétiquement (French) comes from French esthétique, from New Latin aesthēticus, from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

esthétiquement (French): aesthetically

Definitions

  1. aesthetically

Ancestry of “esthétiquement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchesthétiqueaesthetic; aesthetics
2New Latinaesthēticus—
3Ancient Greekαἰσθητικόςof or for perception of the senses; sensitive,...
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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