Where does “aporetic” come from?
aporetic (English) comes from French aporétique, from Ancient Greek ἀπορητικός, from Ancient Greek ἄπορος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
aporetic (English): Tending to doubt
Definitions
- Tending to doubt
Ancestry of “aporetic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aporétique | aporetic |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀπορητικός | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄπορος | without passage, impassable, having no way... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |