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Where does “métacentrique” come from?

métacentrique (French) comes from French centrique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

métacentrique (French): metacentric

Definitions

  1. metacentric

Ancestry of “métacentrique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcentriquecentric; central
2French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
3Middle French-ique—
4Old French-ique-ic
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Proto-Italic*-ikos—

Words derived from “métacentrique”

  • submétacentrique
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