English word synthetic comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) συνθετικός, and later French synthétique (Synthetic.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| συνθετικός | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| synthétique | French (fr) | Synthetic. |
| synthetic | English (en) | (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).. (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word. Compare analytic.. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships. Compare analytic.. Artificial, not [...] |