megalithic

Meanings

Adjective

of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths
- "megalithic monuments like Stonehenge"

Adj

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

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 18

megalithic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
megalithic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
megalithic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

megalithic is a valid Words With Friends word