Etymology

didactic

di·dac·tic
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Today it means: Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. Full definition →

French didactique ← Ancient Greek διδακτικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιδακτικός“skilled in teaching”
  2. French · derived fromdidactique
  3. English todaydidactic

From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach, educate”). By surface analysis, didact + -ic.

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