Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “-ique” come from?

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

-ique (Old French): -ic

Definitions

  1. -ic

Ancestry of “-ique”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-ique”

  • basic
  • psychological
  • electronic
  • biological
  • Islamic
  • philosophical
  • magnetic
  • artistic
  • automatically
  • symbolic
  • romantic
  • technological
  • theological
  • ideological
  • automatic
  • biblical
  • realistic
  • heroic
  • ecological
  • geographical
  • physiological
  • atomic
  • basically
  • systemic
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