-etic
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Used to form adjectives usually from nouns ending in-esis, as in aphaeretic from aphaeresis.
常用于使-esis 结尾的名词构成相应的形容词，如 aphaeretic 来自于 aphaeresis
语源
- Latin -ēticus
拉丁语 -ēticus - from Greek -ētikos
源自 希腊语 -ētikos - from -etos [verbal adj. ending]
源自 -etos [形容词词尾]
-etic
Word Origin
1
a suffix used in the formation of adjectives:
eidetic.
Origin
< Latin -eticus, Greek -etikos, equivalent to -et-, a formative occurring in some nouns + -ikos -ic
Related Words
- antipathetic
- bathetic
- eidetic
- empathetic
- phenetic
- splenetic
-etic
adjective suffix
limnetic
— often in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -esis
genetic
adjective suffix
ETYMOLOGY Latin & Greek; Latin -eticus, from Greek -etikos, -ētikos, from -etos, -ētos, ending of certain verbals
: -iclimnetic
— often in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -esis
genetic
-etic
suffix
- forming adjectives and nouns such as pathetic, peripatetic［构成形容词和名词, 如pathetic, peripatetic］。
词源
from Greek -ětikos or -ētikos.
-etic
word-forming element meaning "pertaining to," from Greek -etikos, adjectival suffix for nouns ending in -esis.
ORIGIN: from or after Greek -etikos , -ētikos : cf. -ic
-et·ic
\|ed.]ik, |et], ]ēk\ adjective suffix
Etymology: Latin & Greek; Latin -eticus, from Greek -etikos, ētikos, from -etos, -ētos, ending of certain verbals + -ikos -ic
: IC
< algetic >
— usually used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -esis (as genetic : genesis)
< algetic >
— usually used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -esis (as genetic : genesis)
-etic
Suffix
- Used to form adjectives, meaning "pertaining to", derived from nouns, most of which end in -esis
Etymology
Ultimately from the Ancient Greek -ητικός (-ētikós).
Usage notes
后缀：-etic [形容词后缀]
表示属于...的、有...性质的、关于...的
theoretic 理论上的
energetic 精力旺盛的
sympathetic 同情的
tonetic 声调的
genetic 产生的，发生的
phonetic 语音的
apologetic 道歉的，辩解的
zoetic 生命的，有生气的
dietetic 饮食的，营养的
diuretic 尿的，利尿的