| 释义 |
-aticsuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -atique; Latin -āticus. Etymology: < French -atique and its etymon classical Latin -āticus < -āt- , past participial stem of verbs in -āre -ate suffix3 + -icus -ic suffix. Examples of English adjectives in -atic that go back ultimately to Latin verbs are erratic adj. ( < classical Latin errāticus < errāt- , errāre to wander), volatic adj. ( < classical Latin volāticus ), venatic adj. ( < classical Latin vēnāticus ); examples derived ultimately from Latin nouns include aquatic adj. ( < classical Latin aquāticus of watery kind < aquātus watered, watery < aqua water), Asiatic adj. < Asiāticus , fanatic adj. < fānāticus ( < fānum temple), sylvatic adj. < silvāticus ( < silva wood), umbratic adj. < umbrāticus ( < umbra shade). Latin formations also include neuter nouns, such as viāticum viaticum n. ( < via ). In post-classical Latin and Romance, the noun use was considerably extended: it is the origin also of French -age and English -age suffix (see discussion at that entry). The adjectives in -atic , such as aquatic adj., Asiatic adj., fanatic adj., lunatic adj., lymphatic adj., are all of modern introduction; they are to be distinguished from words in which the suffix is -ic only, as dramatic adj., hepatic adj., muriatic adj., piratic adj., pneumatic adj., prelatic adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  suffix |