-thetic

suffix

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Suffix
  1. 1
    Placed, positioned, or located in a manner or place (indicated by the first element). morpheme

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thetical

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ‑θετικός (‑thetikós) (in, e.g., νομοθετικός (nomothetikós)), from θετικός (thetikós, “that can be placed”).

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