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Where does “chemicus” come from?

chemicus (Latin) comes from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

Ancestry of “chemicus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
2Proto-Italic*-ikos—
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