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Where does “-ica” come from?

-ica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ica — *děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

-ica (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to words to create a feminine...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a feminine...

Ancestry of “-ica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ica*děva → *děvica; *muxa → *mušica; *noga →...

Words derived from “-ica”

  • -arica
  • klizačica
  • pravnica
  • brodica
  • krojačica
  • Hrvatica
  • babica
  • posvojiteljica
  • koledarica
  • udovica
  • pahuljica
  • tinejdžerka
  • učiteljica
  • maramica
  • prljavica
  • sprinterica
  • tinejdžerica
  • kobilica
  • zimnica
  • sapunica
  • trudnica
  • petica
  • jedinica
  • kamilica
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