[1745–55; ‹ Gk apopemptikós of, pertaining to sending away, equiv. to apopémp(ein) to send away, dismiss (apo- apo- + pémpein to send, dispatch) + -tikos -tic]This word is first recorded in the period 1745–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: artistic, development, generalize, umbilical cord, vignette-tic is a suffix, equivalent in meaning to -ic, occurring in adjectives of Greek origin (analytic), used esp. in the formation of adjectives from nouns with stems in -sis. Other words that use the affix -tic include: ecliptic, fantastic, peripatetic, periphrastic, static