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 (1632–1704), English physician and philosopher, regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to John Locke (1632–1704), English physician and philosopher, regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
Ancestry of “Lockean”, step by step
Lockean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English locke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | locke | Archaic spelling of lock |
| 2 | English | Lock | from the surname |
| 3 | Middle English | lok | lock |
| 4 | Old English | lāc | play, sport, strife, battle, sacrifice, offering,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | laik | game, sport |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laikaz | dance; game, sport; hymn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |