-ac

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /æk/
• US IPA: /æk/

Alternative forms

• obsolete -ack
• obsolete -aque

Origin

From French -acque, from New Latin -acus, from Ancient Greek -ακός ("-ic"), -ακή, -ακόν.

Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Full definition of -ac

Suffix

1. One affected with.

Derived terms