Where does “Wittgensteinian” come from?
Wittgensteinian derives from English Wittgenstein through Latin -ianus, -ius, -um, -us suffixes ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European -yós and -ós.
Wittgensteinian (English): Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig...
Ancestry of “Wittgensteinian”, step by step
Wittgensteinian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English Wittgenstein
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wittgenstein | Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common |