Etymology of the English suffix -ics

Derivations in English

dioptrics, biometrics, cinematics, criminalistics, electromagnetics, fluidics, graphemics, humanics, hygienics, meteoritics, nucleonics, pedagogics, phonemics, phonics, rhythmics, significs, tagmemics, theatrics, ambisonics, exodontics, orthodontics, prosthodontics, pyrognostics, acoustics, acrobatics, aeroelastics, aerostatics, analytics, apologetics, architectonics, astronautics, athletics, atmospherics, atomics, ballistics, biorhythmics, ceramics, choreutics, chromatics, civics, conics, cosmonautics, demographics, diagnostics, diplomatics, dogmatics, dynamics, dysgenics, economics, ecumenics, electronics, energetics, eudemonics, eugenics, eurhythmics, exegetics, geoponics, glyptics, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, hermeneutics, histrionics, homiletics, hydraulics, hydrokinetics, hydrostatics, infrasonics, irenics, isagogics, kinetics, linguistics, loxodromics, magnetics, mechanics, melodics, metempirics, metrics, mnemonics, morphemics, morphophonemics, noetics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, orthopedics, orthoptics, patristics, phenetics, phonematics, phonetics, photics, photovoltaics, phyletics, physics, plastics, pneumatics, poetics, polemics, politics, pragmatics, problematics, prosthetics, psychodiagnostics, pyrotechnics, quadriphonics, semantics, semiotics, semitics, sonics, sphragistics, statics, statistics, strategics, stylistics, supersonics, symbolics, syntactics, systematics, tactics, tectonics, therapeutics, thermionics, toreutics, ultrasonics, vitrics, informatics

Usage

Word found in Modern English