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Where does “sismicidad” come from?

sismicidad (Spanish) comes from Spanish sísmico, from French sismique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

sismicidad (Spanish): seismic activity

Definitions

  1. seismic activity

Ancestry of “sismicidad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsísmicoseismic
2Frenchsismiqueseismic
3French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
4Middle French-ique—
5Old French-ique-ic
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Proto-Italic*-ikos—

Words derived from “sismicidad”

  • microsismicidad
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