Where does “conjecturalism” come from?
conjecturalism (English) comes from English conjectural, from English conjecture, from Latin coniectūra, from Latin coniectus, from Latin cōniciō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
conjecturalism (English): The belief that intentionally supposing that a proposition is true is a good reason to believe that proposition in the absence of evidence of its falsehood
Definitions
- The belief that intentionally supposing that a proposition is true is a good reason to believe that proposition in the absence of evidence of its falsehood
Ancestry of “conjecturalism”, step by step
conjecturalism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conjectural
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conjectural | In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a... |
| 2 | English | conjecture | A statement or an idea which is unproven, but is... |
| 3 | Latin | coniectūra | conjecture, guess, conjectural inference |
| 4 | Latin | coniectus | a throwing together; a crowding, connecting or... |
| 5 | Latin | cōniciō | to throw or bring together, unite, connect |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |