Where does “Lockean” come from?
Lockean derives from English Locke with the Italian suffix -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.
Lockean (English): Of or pertaining to John Locke , English...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to John Locke , English...
Ancestry of “Lockean”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | locke | Archaic spelling of lock |
| 2 | English | Lock | — |
| 3 | Middle English | lok | lock |
| 4 | Old English | lāc | play, sport, strife, battle, sacrifice, offering,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | laik | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laikaz | dance; game, sport; hymn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |