-ic
English
Alternative forms
- -ick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English -ik, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, formed with the i-stem suffix *-i- and the adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos. Compare Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit श (śa), क (ka) and Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ). Doublet of -y.
PIE *-kos on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically.
Suffix
-ic
- Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
- (chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).
Usage notes
The suffix -ic is often added to words of Greek or Latin origin, but may also be used with other words, and in some cases is even added (redundantly) to adjectives, as in veganic (from vegan).
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Catalan
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ic m (feminine -ica)
- -ic (of or pertaining to)
Suffix
-ic m
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ic m
- Used to form diminutive nouns.
Derived terms
Middle English
Suffix
-ic
- Alternative form of -ik
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ic m or n (feminine singular -ică, masculine plural -ici, feminine and neuter plural -ice)
- Forms adjectives with the meaning "of or pertaining to".
Declension
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English adjective-forming suffixes
- English productive suffixes
- en:Chemistry
- Catalan terms inherited from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan suffixes
- Catalan masculine suffixes
- ca:Chemistry
- Catalan diminutive suffixes
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English suffixes
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian suffixes
- Romanian adjective-forming suffixes
- Romanian masculine suffixes
- Romanian neuter suffixes
- Romanian suffixes with multiple genders