Where does “categoricity” come from?
categoricity (English) comes from English categoric, from French catégorique, from Latin catēgoricus, from Ancient Greek κατηγορικός.
categoricity (English): The quality of being categorical
Definitions
- The quality of being categorical
Ancestry of “categoricity”, step by step
categoricity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English categoric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | categoric | categorical |
| 2 | French | catégorique | categorical, clear-cut, unequivocal; positive,... |
| 3 | Latin | catēgoricus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορικός | — |