Where does “filosofaster” come from?
filosofaster (Dutch) comes from Latin philosophaster, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...
filosofaster (Dutch): a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher; a philosophaster
Definitions
- a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher; a philosophaster
Ancestry of “filosofaster”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | philosophaster | a bad philosopher, philosophaster |
| 2 | Latin | philosophus | philosophical; philosopher |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φιλόσοφος | lover of knowledge/wisdom; educated, learned... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σοφός | clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,... |