-etic

See also: etic and ètic

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek -ητικός (-ētikós).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛt.ɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈet.ɪk/

Suffix

-etic

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

Usage notes

• Most English words ending in "-etic" are derived from words formed in other languages, including French (Old, Middle, and Modern), Italian, Latin, and Classical Greek.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -etic

aetiopathogenetic

allopathetic

antimemetic

antinatriuretic

anuretic

apathetic

asyndetic

autotheoretic

bathetic

camphretic acid

diaphoretic

diuretic

emetic

energetic

genetic

graphetic

hyperphoretic

ideogenetic

ischuretic

luetic

mathetics

memetic

natriuretic

paraphyletic

parasympathetic

phenetic

phonetic

prologetic

rabietic

scenetics

spondylolisthetic

strategetic

sympathetic

syndetic

syndetical

syndetically

syndeticity

synergetic

telepathetic

theoretic

threnetic

toyetic

trophophoretic

uretic

zoetic

Translations

pertaining to

• German: -etisch
• Hungarian: -ikus
• Italian: -etico
• Norwegian: -etisk
• Portuguese: -ético m
• Spanish: -ético m
• Swedish: -etisk

Anagrams

• CETI, EITC, Tice, cite, tice