-lithic
suff.（后缀）

Relating to or characteristic of a specified stage in the use of stone by human beings:
石器时代的：与人类使用石头的特定阶段有关的，或以其为特征的：
Eolithic.
始石器时代的

语源

From lithic ¹
源自 lithic¹

-lithic

combining form in adjective

(in anthropology) relating to the use of stone implements in a specified cultural period

⇒ Neolithic

Origin

from Greek lithikos, from lithos stone

-lithic

Word Origin

a combining form used in the names of cultural phases in archaeology characterized by the use of a particular type of tool:

Chalcolithic; Neolithic.

Origin

see lithic

Related Words

Aeneolithic
Chalcolithic
endolithic
epilithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic

-lithican adjective suffix identical with lithic, used especially in archaeology, as, palaeolithic.

-lithic
adjective combining form

ETYMOLOGY lithic

: relating to or characteristic of a (specified) stage in humankind's use of stone as a cultural tool
Neolithic

-lithic /ˈlɪθɪk/ suffix.

ORIGIN: formed as -lith + -ic: cf. Greek lithikos of stone.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to stone’, as granolithic, megalithic; spec. in Archaeology, designating or pertaining to a particular cultural period that is a division of the Stone Age, as Mesolithic, Neolithic, Palaeolithic.

-lith·ic
\|lithik, -ēk\ adjective combining form
Etymology: lithic
1. : relating to or characteristic of a (specified) stage in man's use of stone as a cultural tool
< Neolithic >
< prelithic >
< technolithic >
2. botany : stone
< epilithic >

词汇	-lithic
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD SOED Webster -lithic suff.（后缀） Relating to or characteristic of a specified stage in the use of stone by human beings: 石器时代的：与人类使用石头的特定阶段有关的，或以其为特征的： Eolithic. 始石器时代的语源 From lithic ¹ 源自 lithic¹ -lithic combining form in adjective (in anthropology) relating to the use of stone implements in a specified cultural period ⇒ Neolithic Origin from Greek lithikos, from lithos stone -lithic Word Origin 1 a combining form used in the names of cultural phases in archaeology characterized by the use of a particular type of tool: Chalcolithic; Neolithic. Origin see lithic Related Words Aeneolithic Chalcolithic endolithic epilithic Mesolithic Neolithic -lithican adjective suffix identical with lithic, used especially in archaeology, as, palaeolithic. -lithic adjective combining form ETYMOLOGY lithic : relating to or characteristic of a (specified) stage in humankind's use of stone as a cultural tool Neolithic -lithic /ˈlɪθɪk/ suffix. ORIGIN: formed as -lith + -ic: cf. Greek lithikos of stone. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to stone’, as granolithic, megalithic; spec. in Archaeology, designating or pertaining to a particular cultural period that is a division of the Stone Age, as Mesolithic, Neolithic, Palaeolithic. -lith·ic \\|lithik, -ēk\ adjective combining form Etymology: lithic 1. : relating to or characteristic of a (specified) stage in man's use of stone as a cultural tool < Neolithic > < prelithic > < technolithic > 2. botany : stone < epilithic >
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