Where does “Platonism” come from?
Platonism derives from English Plato and the Ancient Greek suffix -ισμός, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλατύς meaning broad, tracing to Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us.
Platonism (English): The philosophy of Plato
Definitions
- The philosophy of Plato
Ancestry of “Platonism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | platonisme | Platonism |
| 2 | French | Platon | Plato Greek philosopher |
| 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 |