Where does “Peripatetic” come from?
Peripatetic derives from Latin peripateticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός, from the verb περιπατέω meaning to walk about, combining περί with roots traced to Proto-Indo-European per- and pent-.
Peripatetic (English): A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian; Of or...
Definitions
- A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian; Of or...
Ancestry of “Peripatetic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | péripatétique | of or relating to Aristotle and his philosophy;... |
| 2 | Latin | peripatēticus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | περιπατητικός | Given to walking around |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περιπατέω | I walk up and down, walk about; I discourse; I... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 6 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |