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-ical

suffix
/ɪkəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical From Middle English -ical, a combination of -ic from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, related to Ancient Greek suffix Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), plus -al from Latin adjective suffix -alis, or Old French -el. By surface analysis, -ic + -al.

  1. derived from -el
  2. derived from -icus
  3. derived from -ique
  4. inherited from -ical

Definitions

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning "of or pertaining to"

    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.

    • mythical, quizzical, theistical, whimsical

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA