etic

See also: ètic, -etic, and etíc

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́

Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek φωνέω (phōnéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)

Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētĭkós)der.

Latin phōnēticusbor.

English phoneticbf.

English etic

Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonetic.

• Kenneth Lee Pike (1962), With Heart and Mind: A Personal Synthesis of Scholarship and Devotion, page 37: “I have coined the term etic to refer to the detached observer’s view […]”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
• Hyphenation: e‧tic

Adjective

etic (comparative more etic, superlative most etic)

1. (social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside that culture.

   Coordinate term: emic

   • 1996, Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for Substance Abuse Prevention:

     A useful example of the emic-etic distinction may be made by comparing the concept “waves on the ocean or sea” from the perspective of a European American with that of a Truk Islander […] The proposed etics here might be that both cultures understand the use of waves as vehicles for surfing and as movement reflecting the transfer of energy […] certain differences, or emics exist, for European Americans the waves may be sources of beauty — the Truk Islander has learned to use them […] as a road map.

Derived terms

• etically
• eticness

Translations

analyzing a culture from outside

• Catalan: ètic (ca)
• Dutch: etisch
• German: etisch (de)
• Greek: ητικός (el) (itikós)
• Polish: etyczny (pl)
• Spanish: ético (es)
• Welsh: etig

References

• “etic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• CETI, EITC, Tice, cite, tice

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etiːk/

Adjective

etic

1. heavy

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *ətiik, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pïttiya.

Cognate with Hopi putu (“heavy”) and O'odham ve꞉c.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etiːk/

Adjective

etic

1. heavy

References

• Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 208.
• Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 10.
• Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 210.

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἔθος (éthos)

Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós)bor.

Latin ethicusder.

French éthiquebor.

Romanian etic

Borrowed from French éthique, from Latin ethicus.

Adjective

etic m or n (feminine singular etică, masculine plural etici, feminine/neuter plural etice)

1. ethic

Declension

Declension of etic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	etic		etică	etici	etice
	definite	eticul		etica	eticii	eticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	etic		etice	etici	etice
	definite	eticului		eticei	eticilor	eticelor