Where does “Neoplatonic” come from?
Neoplatonic comes from English Platonic, ultimately derived from Plato's name through Latin Platonicus and Greek Platōnikos.
Neoplatonic (English): Of or pertaining to Neoplatonism
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to Neoplatonism
Ancestry of “Neoplatonic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Neoplatonism | — |
| 2 | English | Platonism | — |
| 3 | French | platonisme | Platonism |
| 4 | French | Platon | — |
| 5 | Latin | Plato | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Πλάτων | Plato |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |