Etymology

chaotic

cha·ot·ic
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Today it means: Filled with chaos. Full definition →

Late Latin chaoticus ← Latin chaos
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  1. Latin · derived fromchaos“chaos”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromchaoticus“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”
  3. English todaychaotic

From Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos (“chaos”) + -ticus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as chaos + -otic. Doublet of gassy.

Words from the same roots

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