-etic

adjective suffix

Definition of -ETIC

: -ic <limnetic> —often in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -esis <genetic>

Latin & Greek; Latin -eticus, from Greek -etikos, -ētikos, from -etos, -ētos, ending of certain verbals

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