periodic
/ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk/pih-ree-AH-dik
/ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk/pih-ree-AH-dik
Meaningrelating to a period
Common meaning: happening at intervals
- periaround
- oda way, road; a journeyLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 543 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
‘around’ + ‘a way, road’ → periodic
Journey through time
- Greekὁδός‘a way, road’
- Latinperiodus
- Frenchperiode
- Englishperiod‘a length of time’
- Englishformed in English from periodperiodic‘happening at intervals’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from period + -ic.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PERIOD, p.435 · scan
Roots
- ὁδός Greek “a way, road; a journey”
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