Where does “Fregean” come from?

Fregean derives from English Frege, Italian -ana, Spanish -ana, Latin -anus, Latin -anus, Latin -um, Latin -us, and Proto-Italic -os.

Fregean (English): Of or relating to German philosopher Gottlob...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to German philosopher Gottlob...

Ancestry of “Fregean”, step by step

Fregean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān—
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via English Frege

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFregeGottlob Frege, a German mathematician and philosopher
2GermanFrege—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →