megalithic
English edit
Etymology edit
| PIE word |
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| *méǵh₂s |
From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns), probably modelled after monolithic;[1] according to the Oxford English Dictionary the word is first attested earlier than megalith.[2] It is analysable as megalith + -ic.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪθɪk
- Hyphenation: meg‧a‧lith‧ic
Adjective edit
megalithic (not comparable)
Translations edit
of or pertaining to megaliths
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References edit
- ^ Compare “megalithic, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “megalithic, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “megalith, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “megalith, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
