Where does “paraffinique” come from?
paraffinique (French) comes from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.
paraffinique (French): paraffinic, aliphatic
Ancestry of “paraffinique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 2 | Middle French | -ique | — |
| 3 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | — |