periodic

periodic · adjective¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπερίοδος“cycle, period of time”
2. Latin · derived fromperiodus“complete sentence, period, circuit”
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromperiodicus“cyclical”
4. French · derived frompériodique
5. English todayperiodic

From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). By surface analysis, period + -ic.

periodic · adjective²

1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
3. Proto-Italic*per
4. Latinper
5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
6. Proto-Italic*peri-
7. Latinper-
8. Englishper-
9. Englishiodic
10. English todayperiodic

From per- + iodic.

Words from the same roots