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Where does “σοφία” come from?

σοφία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

σοφία (Ancient Greek): skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other...

Definitions

  1. skill or cleverness in carpentry, music, or other...

Ancestry of “σοφία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “σοφία”

  • philosophy
  • philosophical
  • Phil
  • Sophie
  • Sophia
  • philosophic
  • philosophically
  • philosophize
  • unphilosophical
  • theosophy
  • sophism
  • Filson
  • theosophist
  • anthroposophy
  • unphilosophic
  • theosophic
  • sophy
  • metaphilosophical
  • metaphilosophy
  • nonphilosophical
  • unphilosophically
  • anthroposophic
  • ethnophilosophy
  • ecophilosophy
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