"-morphic" meaning in English

See -morphic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: more -morphic [comparative], most -morphic [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) + -ic, equivalent to -morph + -ic. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|grc:μορφή|-ic}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-morphic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="-morphic">, {{der|en|grc|μορφή|t=form, shape}} Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”), {{af|en|-ic|pos=suffix}} -ic, {{af|en|-morph|-ic}} -morph + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} -morphic (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -morphic, superlative most -morphic)
  1. having a specific shape or form Tags: morpheme Related terms: morph, -morph, morphic, -morphism, -morphous
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Download raw JSONL data for -morphic meaning in English (3.0kB)

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