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Where does “racémique” come from?

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

racémique (French): racemic

Definitions

  1. racemic

Ancestry of “racémique”, 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 “racémique”

  • racemic
  • racemate
  • nonracemic
  • pseudoracemate
  • déracémiser
  • racémisation
  • racémiser
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ikos →