stem help

[Anonymous]

need help with stems for the word Caustic ! it whould be greatly appreacited

[bmo]

need help with stems for the word Caustic ! it whould be greatly appreacited

From American Heritge Dictionary:

Greek kaiein, to burn. Caustic and Holocaust have the same root. Caustic - adj., marked by sharp and bitter wit; cutting.

Thanks, I get to know one new word.

BMO

[Casiopea]

need help with stems for the word Caustic ! it would be greatly appreciated

The stem caus- is from the noun cause, which comes from Latin causa "a cause, reason, judicial process, lawsuit."

Words with the stem caus-: causal, causality, causation, causative


The suffix -tic comes from French -tique and Latin -ticus.

Words with the suffix -tic: sarcastic, mystic, plastic, therapuetic

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