FromMiddle English-ical, a combination of-ic fromOld French-ique, fromLatin-icus, related toAncient Greek suffixAncient Greek-ικός(-ikós), plus-al fromLatin adjective suffix-alis, orOld French-el.Bysurface analysis,-ic +‎-al.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkəl/

-ical (adjective-forming suffix,comparativemore-ical,superlativemost-ical)

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning "of or pertaining to"; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Greek or Latin origin, but used with other words also.

   mythical,quizzical,theistical,whimsical

Often redundant to the use of-ic alone; for example,mythic andmythical are identical in meaning. Likewise for-etic, as inphonetic andphonetical. For words that naturally end in-ic such asmagic andstatistic, the addition is only of-al.

• -ic
• -etic
• -al

• Alic,Cail,Cali,Laci,laic

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