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1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτοπικός“pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”
2. Latin · derived fromtopica
3. English today-topic

From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”); equivalent to -topia + -ic.

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