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Where does “διανοητικός” come from?

διανοητικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek διανοητός, from Ancient Greek διανοέομαι, from Ancient Greek νοέω, from Ancient Greek νόος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

διανοητικός (Ancient Greek): pertaining to thinking

Definitions

  1. pertaining to thinking

Ancestry of “διανοητικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδιανοητός—
2Ancient Greekδιανοέομαι—
3Ancient Greekνοέωto perceive, observe, see, notice; to think,...
4Ancient Greekνόοςmind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a...
5Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
6Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
7Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
9Proto-Indo-European-ess—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “διανοητικός”

  • dianoetic
  • dianoetically
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