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Where does “-ik” come from?

-ik (Middle English) comes from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

-ik (Middle English): Alternative form of -y; Forms nouns denoting a...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -y; Forms nouns denoting a...

Ancestry of “-ik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old French-ique-ic
2Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
3Proto-Italic*-ikos—

Words derived from “-ik”

  • basic
  • psychological
  • electronic
  • biological
  • Islamic
  • philosophical
  • magnetic
  • romantic
  • technological
  • theological
  • ideological
  • biblical
  • realistic
  • heroic
  • ecological
  • geographical
  • physiological
  • atomic
  • basically
  • systemic
  • psychiatric
  • demographic
  • atmospheric
  • Gothic
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