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Where does “-ik” come from?

-ik (German) comes from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

-ik (German): forms feminine nouns referring to fields of...

Definitions

  1. forms feminine nouns referring to fields of...

Ancestry of “-ik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
2Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
3Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “-ik”

  • linguistic
  • linguistically
  • sociolinguistic
  • metalinguistic
  • psycholinguistic
  • ethnolinguistic
  • nonlinguistic
  • crosslinguistic
  • paralinguistic
  • prelinguistic
  • extralinguistic
  • neurolinguistic
  • crosslinguistically
  • interlinguistic
  • ethnolinguistically
  • intralinguistic
  • translinguistic
  • geolinguistic
  • metalinguistically
  • multilinguistic
  • biolinguistic
  • psycholinguistically
  • protolinguistic
  • monolinguistic
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