Etymology

topic

top·ic
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Latin topica ← Ancient Greek τοπικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτοπικός“pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”
  2. Latin · derived fromtopica
  3. English todaytopic

From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”).

Words from the same roots

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Ancient Greekτοπικός all →

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