DictionaryRoot: -ikos
Greek
-ikos
connected with or characteristic of
Forms
- -ikos
- -ic — The ending shortened as Greek words entered Latin, French, and English.
Origin
Greek -ikos continued an older Indo-European ending used to describe a connection or kind.
Note
English extended this borrowed ending to newly coined words.
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noun / adjective
tropic
TRAH-pik/ˈtrɑːpɪk/
A latitude circle bounding Earth's tropical zone.
Etymology
The turning is the sun's apparent reversal after reaching its northernmost or southernmost position. The name passed from celestial circles marking those limits to the corresponding latitude lines on Earth.
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