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Where does “litico” come from?

litico (Italian) comes from Spanish lisis, from Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

litico (Italian): lytic; lithic; lithic, stone

Definitions

  1. lytic; lithic; lithic, stone

Ancestry of “litico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlisislysis
2Latinlysisloosening; rupture
3Ancient Greekλύσιςloosing, releasing, release, ransoming;...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “litico”

  • omolitico
  • fotolitico
  • idrolitico
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →