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Where does “machiavélique” come from?

machiavélique (French) comes from Italian machiavellico, from Italian -ico, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

machiavélique (French): Machiavellian

Definitions

  1. Machiavellian

Ancestry of “machiavélique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmachiavellicoMachiavellian
2Italian-ico-ic
3Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
4Proto-Italic*-ikos—

Words derived from “machiavélique”

  • machiavéliquement
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