Where does “apatheist” come from?
apatheist (English) comes from English apathy, from French apathie, from Latin apathīa, from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια, from Ancient Greek ἀπαθής, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
apatheist (English): A person who does not care about the existence of...
Definitions
- A person who does not care about the existence of...
Ancestry of “apatheist”, step by step
apatheist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English apathy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apathy | Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest... |
| 2 | French | apathie | apathy |
| 3 | Latin | apathīa | A freedom from passion or feeling; insensibility; stoicism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀπάθεια | want of sensation, impassibility; insensibility,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀπαθής | without sensation or suffering |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via English atheist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | atheist | A person who does not believe in deities; A... |
| 2 | Middle French | atheiste | atheist |
| 3 | Latin | atheos | an atheist; one who rejected the gods worshipped... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄθεος | without gods; rejecting or disdaining the belief... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |