agonic

agonic · adjective, noun¹

From a- + gonio- + -ic.

agonic · adjective²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂eǵ-“to drive”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγωνίᾱ“agony, anguish”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-kos
4. French · borrowed fromagonique“possessing or filled with agony; agonous”
5. English todayagonic

Borrowed from French agonique (“possessing or filled with agony; agonous”), from agonie (“the moment just before death”) + -ique (suffix forming adjectives from nouns) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (suffix forming adjectives denoting “the characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to”)). Agonie is ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίᾱ (agōníā, “agony, anguish”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

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