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Where does “orographique” come from?

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

orographique (French): orographic

Definitions

  1. orographic

Ancestry of “orographique”, step by step

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

Words derived from “orographique”

  • orographiquement
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