# megalithic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/ · frequency rank #71,695

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

## 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.

## Source
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