The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-ωτικός
- Latin · derived from-ōticus
- French · borrowed from-otique
- English today-otic
Borrowed from French -otique, from Latin -ōticus, from Ancient Greek -ωτικός (-ōtikós), from -όω (-óō)-stem verbs + -τικός (-tikós). Equivalent to -όω (-óō) + -σις (-sis) + -ικός (-ikós).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.