English Explanatory Dictionary

megalithic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to megaliths, to the people who made them, or to the period when they were made.

Pronunciation

/ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/

Word forms

megalithic

Etymology

PIE word *méǵh₂s From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns), probably modelled after monolithic; according to the Oxford English Dictionary the word is first attested earlier than megalith. It is analysable as megalith + -ic.

Derived words

premegalithic
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