-ac
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Used to form adjectives from nouns:
…的：用来将名词构成形容词：
ammoniac.
氨的
语源
- New Latin -acus
现代拉丁语 -acus - from Greek -akos
源自 希腊语 -akos
-ac
Word Origin
1
variant of -ic after Greek noun stems ending in i: cardiac; maniac.
Origin
< Latin -acus < Greek -akos
-acan adjective suffix meaning 'relating to', as in elegiac, cardiac.
[representing Greek adjective suffix -akos, whence Latin -acus, French -aque]-ac
noun suffix
hemophiliac
noun suffix
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -acus, from Greek -akos, variant of -ikos -ic after stems ending in -i-
: one affected withhemophiliac
-ac
suffix
- forming adjectives which are often also (or only) used as nouns, such as maniac［构成常用作或仅用作名词的形容词, 如maniac］。比较 -ACAL.
词源
via Latin -acus or French -aque from Greek -akos.
ORIGIN: French -aque or Latin -acus or (the source of both) Greek -akos , -akē , -akon forms of the adjectival suffix -kos of or belonging to, in comb. with nouns in -ia , -ios , -ion , as kardiak-os of the heart.
-ac
\ˌak, in a few words ik or ək\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Greek -akos of or relating to, variant of -ikos -ic (I) after noun stems ending in i
: one affected with
< hemophiliac >
< nostalgiac >
< hemophiliac >
< nostalgiac >
-ac(obsolete) -ack (obsolete) -aque
Suffix
- One affected with.
Etymology
From French -acque, from New Latin -acus, from Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós, “-ic”), -ακή (-akḗ), -ακόν (-akón).[1]
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ac
References
- ^ Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
词根词缀：-ac
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: suffix; from French -aque, or directly from Latin -acus, from Greek -akos forming adjectives. This suffix was used to form names of arts and sciences in Greek and it is now generally used to form new names of sciences in English; meanings, "related to, of the nature of, pertaining to, referring to"
【相关描述】The suffix -ic has related elements.
【同源单词】ambrosiac, ammoniac, amnesiac, anaphrodisiac, anthomaniac, antidemoniac