-atic

American

a suffix used in forming adjectives from verbs and nouns: aquatic, enzymatic .

-atic British

suffix

of the nature of the thing specified

problematic

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Etymology

Origin of -atic

From Latin -āticus. See -ate ¹ ( def. ), -ic ( def. )

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