Where does “aporia” come from?
Aporia comes from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία, derived from ἄπορος meaning impassable, formed from the negative prefix ἀ- and a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sem-.
aporia (English): An expression of deliberation with oneself...
Definitions
- An expression of deliberation with oneself...
Ancestry of “aporia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aporia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀπορία | a difficulty in passage; difficulty,... |
| 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 |