Where does “Presocratic” come from?
Presocratic (English) comes from English pre-Socratic, from English Socratic, from French socratique, from French Socrate, from Ancient Greek Σωκράτης, from Ancient Greek σῴζω, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
Presocratic (English): Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was...
Definitions
- Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was...
Ancestry of “Presocratic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | pre-Socratic | Existing in Ancient Greece before the flourishing... |
| 2 | English | Socratic | Of or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates... |
| 3 | French | socratique | Socratic |
| 4 | French | Socrate | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Σωκράτης | Socrates |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σῴζω | I save |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |