atavistic

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• UK, US: /æt.əˈvɪs.tɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɪstɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 T AH0 V IH0 S T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin at- Proto-Indo-European *h2éwh2os Latin avus Latin atavus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French atavismebor. English atavism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English atavistic From atavism + -istic.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: атавистичен (atavističen) — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Catalan: atàvic — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Chinese Mandarin: 隔代遺傳的 /隔代遗传的 (gédài yíchuán de) — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Danish: atavistisk — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Dutch: atavistisch — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Finnish: atavistinen — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• French: atavique — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Galician: atávico — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• German: atavistisch — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Italian: atavico — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Korean: 격세 유전적인 (gyeokse yujeonjeogin) — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Manx: aaghooghyssagh — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Norwegian: atavistisk — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Polish: atawistyczny — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Portuguese: atávico — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Portuguese: atavístico — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Romanian: atavic — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Russian: атависти́ческий (atavistíčeskij) — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Spanish: atávico — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Tagalog: mapanauli — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Volapük: taavistik — biology: of the recurrence of a trait after an absence of generations
• Chinese Mandarin: 原始的 (yuánshǐ de) — of a throwback
• Danish: atavistisk — of a throwback
• Dutch: atavistisch — of a throwback
• Finnish: atavistinen — of a throwback
• Finnish: alkukantainen — of a throwback
• French: atavique — of a throwback
• Galician: atávico — of a throwback
• German: atavistisch — of a throwback
• Italian: atavico — of a throwback
• Manx: aaghooghyssagh — of a throwback
• Polish: atawistyczny — of a throwback
• Portuguese: atávico — of a throwback
• Portuguese: atavístico — of a throwback
• Russian: атависти́ческий (atavistíčeskij) — of a throwback
• Spanish: atávico — of a throwback
• Tagalog: mapanauli — of a throwback
• Volapük: taavistik — of a throwback
• Chinese Mandarin: 返祖現象的 /返祖现象的 (fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng de) — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Dutch: atavistisch — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Finnish: atavistinen — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Finnish: takautuva — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• French: atavique — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Galician: atávico — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• German: atavistisch — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Italian: atavico — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Manx: aaghooghyssagh — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Polish: atawistyczny — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Portuguese: atávico — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Portuguese: atavístico — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Russian: атависти́ческий (atavistíčeskij) — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Spanish: atávico — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Tagalog: mapanauli — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior
• Volapük: taavistik — of the return of earlier, more primitive behavior