Where does “Neoplatonist” come from?
Neoplatonist (English) comes from English Platonist, from Latin Platonista, from Latin Plato, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
Neoplatonist (English): A member of the philosophical school of...
Definitions
- A member of the philosophical school of...
Ancestry of “Neoplatonist”, step by step
Neoplatonist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Platonist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Platonist | A member of the philosophical school of thought... |
| 2 | Latin | Platonista | — |
| 3 | Latin | Plato | Plato, a Greek philosopher |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Πλάτων | Plato |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via English Neo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Neo | An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets |
| 2 | English | neo- | new; contemporary; Having a structure, similar to... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 4 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 5 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 7 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 9 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |