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Where does “hydraulicus” come from?

hydraulicus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ὑδραυλικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Ancestry of “hydraulicus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὑδραυλικόςof a water organ
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 “hydraulicus”

  • hydraulic
  • hydraulics
  • hydraulically
  • electrohydraulic
  • hydraulicity
  • hydraulicking
  • nonhydraulic
  • hydraulician
  • thermohydraulic
  • electrohydraulically
  • psychohydraulic
  • microhydraulic
  • electrohydraulics
  • thermohydraulics
  • psychohydraulics
  • sterhydraulic
  • mandraulic
  • termoidraulico
  • idraulicamente
  • idraulico
  • idraulicità
  • elettroidraulico
  • hydraulique
  • هیدرولیک
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