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Where does “metallicus” come from?

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

metallicus (Latin): yielding or abounding in metal; metallic; miner;...

Definitions

  1. yielding or abounding in metal; metallic; miner;...

Ancestry of “metallicus”, 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 “metallicus”

  • metallic
  • intermetallic
  • metallicity
  • nonmetallic
  • organometallic
  • polymetallic
  • monometallic
  • metallically
  • semimetallic
  • trimetallic
  • submetallic
  • heterometallic
  • multimetallic
  • unmetallic
  • homometallic
  • metallicness
  • metallicly
  • pseudometallic
  • radiometallic
  • metallicize
  • nanometallic
  • half-metallic
  • nonorganometallic
  • bioorganometallic
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