Where does “météorique” come from?

météorique (French) comes 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'.

météorique (French): meteoric

Definitions

  1. meteoric

Ancestry of “météorique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
2Middle French-iqueic
3Old French-ique-ic
4Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
5Proto-Italic*-ikosforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'

Words derived from “météorique”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-ikos →Every word from Latin -icus →Every word from French -ique →