-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 (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -etic, superlative most -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

anhysteretic

antimemetic

antinatriuretic

anuretic

apathetic

aporetic

asyndetic

autolimnetic

autotheoretic

bathetic

bathylimnetic

bioprosthetic

camphretic acid

cosmetic

diaphoretic

diegetic

diuretic

electroneuroprosthetic

emetic

endoprosthetic

energetic

epilimnetic

exoprosthetic

genetic

graphetic

hyperphoretic

hypolimnetic

hysteretic

hysteretical

hysteretically

ideogenetic

interprosthetic

ischuretic

keratoprosthetic

keratoprosthetics

limnetic

luetic

mathetics

megaprosthetic

memetic

metalimnetic

mimetic

natriuretic

neuroprosthetic

neuroprosthetics

nonhysteretic

nonprosthetic

paraphyletic

parasympathetic

periprosthetic

phenetic

phonetic

postprosthetic

preprosthetic

prologetic

prosthetic

prosthetically

prostheticist

prosthetics

rabietic

retroprosthetic

scenetics

spondylolisthetic

strategetic

subprosthetic

suffragetic

sympathetic

synaeretic

syndetic

syndetical

syndetically

syndeticity

synergetic

synizetic

telepathetic

theoretic

threnetic

toyetic

transprosthetic

trophophoretic

uretic

X-bar theoretic

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