Morpheme
-ic
Type
suffix
Denotation
adjective suffix denoting “of or pertaining to,” chemical suffix
Etymology
Middle English -ik, -ick; French -ique; Latin -icus, -icum or cognate Ancient Greek -ikós
Evidence
acidic, -adic, artistic, basic, carbonic, chemical, chivalric, demonic, diastasic, dynamic, echoic, endemic, folkloric, geological, historic, -ical, Icelandic, -ician, -icity, -ics, idiotic, journalistic, ketonic, lactic, mimic, moronic, music, musician, neozoic, oceanic, protozoic, quantionic, runic, sonic, static, tonic, uchronic, volcanic, whimsical, xanthic, yogic, zoological
See Also
-ique, -icus, -ico, -ego, -ac, -atic, -itic, -otic
