-otic
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Of, relating to, or characterized by a specified condition or process:
后缀，表示“特定情况或过程的、与之有关的或以之为特征的”：
anabiotic.
上升的，上滑的 - Having a specified disease or abnormal condition:
后缀，表示“有某种特定疾病或不正常情况的”：
epizootic.
动物流行病的 - Characterized by an increase or formation of a specified kind:
后缀，表示“以某个特定种类的增长或形成为特征的”：
leukocytotic.
白血球的
语源
- French -otique
法语 -otique - from Latin -ōticus
源自 拉丁语 -ōticus - from Greek -ōtikos [adj. suff]
源自 希腊语 -ōtikos [形容词后缀]
-otic
suffix forming adjectives
relating to or affected by
⇒
sclerotic
causing
⇒
narcotic
Origin
from Greek -ōtikos-otic
Word Origin
1
an adjective suffix of Greek origin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -osis, denoting a relationship to an action, process, state, or condition indicated by the preceding element: hypnotic; neurotic.
See also -tic.
Origin
< Greek -ōtikos
Related Words
- -osis
- albinotic
- amniotic
- carotid
- enphytotic
- enzootic
-otican adjectival form for nouns ending in -osis, as hypnotic from hypnosis, neurotic from neurotic.
[Greek -ōtikos]-otic
adjective suffix
symbiotic
adjective combining form
dichotic
| I |
ETYMOLOGY Greek -ōtikos, from -ōtos, ending of verbals, from -o- (stem of causative verbs in -oun) + -tos, suffix forming verbals — more at -ed
: of, relating to, or characterized by a (specified) action, process, or conditionsymbiotic
| II |
ETYMOLOGY Greek ōtikos of the ear, from ōt-, ous ear
: having (such) a relationship to the eardichotic
-otic
suffix
- forming adjectives and nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -osis (such as neurotic corresponding to neurosis)［构成与以-osis结尾的名词相应的形容词和名词, 如neurotic与neurosis相应］。
派生词
-otically suffix
forming corresponding adverbs
［构成相应的副词］。
词源
from French -otique, via Latin from the Greek adjectival ending -ōtikos.
ORIGIN: Repr. (through French -otique , Latin -oticus ) Greek -ōtikos , from nouns in -ōtēs or adjectives in -ōtos + -ikos -ic
-ot·ic
I.\|äd.]ik, |ät], ]ēk\ adjective suffix
Etymology: Greek -ōtikos, from -ōtos, suffix used to form adjectives derived from certain verbs & -ōtēs, suffix used to form agent nouns derived from certain verbs + -ikos -ic
1.
a. : of, relating to, or characterized by a (specified) action, process, or condition
< holocoenotic >
b. : having an abnormal or diseased condition of a (specified) kind
< aphosphorotic >
2. : showing an increase or a formation of (something specified)
< leukocytotic >
3. : of, relating to, or characterized by having a disease caused by a (specified) fungus
< blastomycotic >
— often used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns in -osis
II.\|ō]d.]ik, |ä], ]t], ]ēk\ adjective combining form
Etymology: Greek ōtikos of the ear
1. : of or relating to a (specified) part of the ear
< epiotic >
< entotic >
2.
a. : of or relating to an area having a (specified) spatial relationship to the ear
< parotic >
< periotic >
b. : of or relating to a bone having a (specified) spatial relationship to the ear
< prootic >
< sphenotic >
I.
1.
a.
< holocoenotic >
b.
< aphosphorotic >
2.
< leukocytotic >
3.
< blastomycotic >
— often used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns in -osis
II.
1.
< epiotic >
< entotic >
2.
a.
< parotic >
< periotic >
b.
< prootic >
< sphenotic >
-otic
Suffix
- pathology having disease or abnormal condition (e.g., epizootic).
- pertaining to a process or action (e.g., symbiotic).
Etymology
Borrowing from French -otique, from Latin -ōticus,[1] from Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós), from -όω (-óō)-stem verbs[2] + -τικός (-tikós). Equivalent to -όω (-óō) + -σις (-sis) + -ικός (-ikós).
Usage notes
Used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns suffixed with -osis.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -otic
See also
References
- ^ “-otic” in The American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005.
- ^ “-otic” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
词根词缀：-otic
【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix that means: state or condition of; diseased condition of
【同源单词】acrotic, agrypnotic, albinotic, alloeosis, anaerobiotic, angioneurotic