Where does “antipoliomielitic” come from?

antipoliomielitic (Romanian) comes from French antipoliomyélitique, from French poliomyélitique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos — forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'.

antipoliomielitic (Romanian): antipoliomyelitis

Definitions

  1. antipoliomyelitis

Ancestry of “antipoliomielitic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchantipoliomyélitiqueanti-polio
2Frenchpoliomyélitiquepolio
3French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
4Middle French-iqueic
5Old French-ique-ic
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Proto-Italic*-ikosforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to'
Every word from Proto-Italic *-ikosEvery word from Latin -icusEvery word from French -ique
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