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Where does “νόος” come from?

νόος (Ancient Greek) comes 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;...

νόος (Ancient Greek): mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a...

Definitions

  1. mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a...

Ancestry of “νόος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
2Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
3Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
5Proto-Indo-European-ess—
6Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “νόος”

  • paranoid
  • paranoia
  • Antinous
  • noetic
  • noumenon
  • noema
  • noesis
  • noemata
  • nootropic
  • noetically
  • eunoia
  • nonparanoid
  • autonoesis
  • unparanoid
  • paranoidly
  • noegenesis
  • ultraparanoid
  • metanoete
  • technoparanoia
  • nooscopic
  • Antinoan
  • paranoialike
  • noocracy
  • Antinous
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