etic

¹

[ et-ik ]

adjective

Linguistics.

1. pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.

-etic

²

1. a suffix used in the formation of adjectives:

   eidetic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of etic¹

1950–55; extracted from phonetic; emic

Origin of etic²

< Latin -eticus, Greek -etikos, equivalent to -et-, a formative occurring in some nouns + -ikos -ic