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- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*ksún
- Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
- Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
- Ancient Greekσῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekσύνθεσις (súnthesis)
- Ancient Greekσυνθετικός (sunthetikós)
- Frenchsynthétique
- English todaysynthetic
From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.