-otic

See also: otic

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.?

Ancient Greek -όω (-óō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós)der.

Latin -ōticusder.

French -otiquebor.

English -otic

Borrowed from French -otique, from Latin -ōticus,^[1] from Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós), from -όω (-óō)-stem verbs^[2] + -τικός (-tikós). Equivalent to -όω (-óō) + -σις (-sis) + -ικός (-ikós).

-otic

(pathology) Having disease or abnormal condition.
‎psychosis + ‎-otic → ‎psychotic
Pertaining to a process or action.
‎symbiosis + ‎-otic → ‎symbiotic

Used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns suffixed with -osis.

^ “-otic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
^ “-otic”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.