Where does “elegiac” come from?

elegiac (Romanian) comes from French élégiaque, from Latin elegiacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός, from Ancient Greek -ακός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

elegiac (Romanian): elegiac

Definitions

  1. elegiac

Ancestry of “elegiac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchélégiaqueelegiac
2Latinelegiacuselegiac, pertaining to the elegy
3Ancient Greekἐλεγειακόςelegiac
4Ancient Greek-ακός-ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →Every word from Ancient Greek -ακός →