Etymology

sic

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Today it means: Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source. Full definition →

Latin sīc ← Proto-Italic *ke ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
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sic · adverb, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*só
  2. Proto-Italic*sei
  3. Latinsī
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe
  5. Proto-Italic*ke
  6. Latinsīce
  7. Latinsīc
  8. English todaysic

Learned borrowing from Latin sīc (“thus, so”).

sic · verb2

Variant of seek.

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