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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

  1. Of or pertaining to John Locke , English...

Ancestry of “Lockean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlockeArchaic spelling of lock
2EnglishLock—
3Middle Englishloklock
4Old Englishlācplay, sport, strife, battle, sacrifice, offering,...
5Proto-West Germaniclaik—
6Proto-Germaniclaikazdance; game, sport; hymn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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