Chaotic
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early 18th century: from chaos, on the pattern of words such as hypnotic .
wiktionary
From Late Latin chaoticus(“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos(“chaos”) + -ticus(suffix forming adjectives from nouns); [1] analysable as chaos + -otic.
etymonline
chaotic (adj.)
1713, "in a state of primordial chaos," irregularly formed in English from chaos + -ic, probably on model of eros/erotic, demos/demotic, hypnos/hypnotic, etc. Transferred or figurative meaning "confused, disordered" is from 1747. Related: Chaotically.
