-ics

suffix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics From -ic (“related or pertaining to”), with usage in the plural in imitation of the Latin and Greek usage.

derived from -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics From -ic — “related or pertaining to”
derived from -iquebor
derived from *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor✻

Definitions

Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.
Forms nouns referring to activities.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ics. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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