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Where does “didacticism” come from?

Didacticism comes from English didactic, derived from French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός, rooted in διδακτός and διδάσκω meaning "to teach," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti.

didacticism (English): An artistic philosophy that emphasises...

Definitions

  1. An artistic philosophy that emphasises...

Ancestry of “didacticism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdidacticInstructive or intended to teach or demonstrate,...
2Frenchdidactiquedidactic; didacticism
3Ancient Greekδιδακτικόςskilled in teaching
4Ancient Greekδιδακτόςtaught, learnt
5Ancient GreekδιδάσκωI teach, instruct, train
6Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
7Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
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