endémico

See also: endemico and endêmico

Portuguese

Etymology

From endemia + -ico.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈdɛ.mi.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɛmiku
• Hyphenation: en‧dé‧mi‧co

Adjective

endémico (feminine endémica, masculine plural endémicos, feminine plural endémicas)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of endêmico

Derived terms

• endemicamente

Further reading

• “endémico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “endémico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Ancient Greek ἐν (en)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *déh₂mos

Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos

Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos)

Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icusbor.

Spanish -ico

Spanish endémico

From Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos) + Spanish -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈdemiko/ [ẽn̪ˈd̪e.mi.ko]
• Rhymes: -emiko
• Syllabification: en‧dé‧mi‧co

Adjective

endémico (feminine endémica, masculine plural endémicos, feminine plural endémicas)

1. endemic

Related terms

• endemia

Further reading

• “endémico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025