Where does “Platonist” come from?
Platonist derives from Latin Platonista, formed from Latin -ista (agent suffix) added to the name Plato, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- meaning broad or flat.
Platonist (English): A member of the philosophical school of thought...
Definitions
- A member of the philosophical school of thought...
Ancestry of “Platonist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Platonista | — |
| 2 | Latin | Plato | Plato, a Greek philosopher |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Πλάτων | Plato |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |