Morpheme
-etic
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, characterized by, having the nature of”
Etymology
Ancient Greek -etikós, -esis + -ic
Evidence
anesthetic, antithetical, antiemetic, aphetic, choleretic, eidetic, epenthetic, esthetic, genetic, genetics, genetically, heretic, hypothetic, hypothetical, pathetic, pathogenetic, phonetic, phonetics, prosthetic, sympathetic, synthetic
Notes
unanalyzable
