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Where does “νόησις” come from?

νόησις (Ancient Greek) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

νόησις (Ancient Greek): intelligence, understanding, mental perception;...

Definitions

  1. intelligence, understanding, mental perception;...

Ancestry of “νόησις”, step by step

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

Words derived from “νόησις”

  • noesis
  • autonoesis
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