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-thetic

-thetic suffix: placed, positioned, or located in a manner or place (indicated by the first element).

Suffix

-thetic

  1. Placed, positioned, or located in a manner or place (indicated by the first element).
    Synonyms:
    -thetical

Synonyms of -thetic

  • -thetical

Origin of -thetic

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ‑θετικός (‑thetikós) (in, e.g., νομοθετικός (nomothetikós)), from θετικός (thetikós, “that can be placed”).

Questions about -thetic

What does -thetic mean?
-thetic means placed, positioned, or located in a manner or place (indicated by the first element).
What part of speech is -thetic?
-thetic is a suffix.

Words near -thetic in the dictionary

  1. -thelium
  2. -therm
  3. -thermal
  4. -thermic
  5. -thermy
  6. -thetic
  7. -thiazide
  8. -thion
  9. -thiouracil
  10. -thon
  11. -thrin

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