-ical
English
suffix
Definitions
- Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning "of or pertaining to"; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Greek or Latin origin, but used with other words also.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French -ique derived from Latin -icus (adjectival suffix, -ic, -y, -ish, m).
Origin
Latin
-icus
Gloss
adjectival suffix, -ic, -y, -ish, m
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ciceronical English
- Pennsylvania English
- loft English
- top English
- toploftical English
- -icum Latin
- -icus Latin
- Cicerō Latin
- -ik German
- -ico Italian
- -icus Dutch, Flemish
- -ique French
- -ico Spanish, Castilian
- -ικός Ancient Greek
- *-iḱos, *-ikos Proto-Indo-European
- *-ḱos, *-kos Proto-Indo-European
- -ico Portuguese
- -ik Middle English
- -ický Czech
- -ique Old French
- -ic Catalan, Valencian
- -ico Galician
- -ic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ Mongolian
- -iko Ladino