Where does “antiskorbutik” come from?
antiskorbutik (Tagalog) comes from English antiscorbutic, from English scorbutic, from French scorbutique, 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'.
antiskorbutik (Tagalog): antiscorbutic
Definitions
- antiscorbutic
Ancestry of “antiskorbutik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antiscorbutic | preventing or curing scurvy; A medicine that... |
| 2 | English | scorbutic | Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy |
| 3 | French | scorbutique | scorbutic |
| 4 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 6 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |