-etic

suffix

-etic

suffix

CA, UK, US /ˈɛt.ɪk/ · AU /ˈet.ɪk/

Etymology Ultimately from Ancient Greek -ητικός (-ētikós).

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Morpheme Used to form adjectives, meaning "pertaining to", derived from nouns, most of which end in -esis and -esy.

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