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Where does “sismique” come from?

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

sismique (French): seismic

Definitions

  1. seismic

Ancestry of “sismique”, 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 “sismique”

  • antisismique
  • macrosismique
  • sismicité
  • parasismique
  • sismik
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