Where does “apodictism” come from?
apodictism (English) comes from English apodictic, from French apodictique, from Latin apodīcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός, from Ancient Greek ἀποδείκνυμι, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.
apodictism (English): Apodictic character, tendency, or pretension; An...
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- Apodictic character, tendency, or pretension; An...
Ancestry of “apodictism”, step by step
apodictism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English apodictic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apodictic | Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain; A... |
| 2 | French | apodictique | apodictic |
| 3 | Latin | apodīcticus | demonstratively true; apodictic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀποδεικτικός | affording proof”, “demonstrative |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀποδείκνυμι | I demonstrate, point out, show; proclaim, appoint |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |