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
Ancestry of “elegiac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | élégiaque | elegiac |
| 2 | Latin | elegiacus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐλεγειακός | elegiac |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ακός | -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |