Where does “empiricism” come from?
Empiricism derives from English empiric plus the suffix -ism, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός, built on ἐμπειρία meaning experience, from ἔμπειρος meaning experienced, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-.
empiricism (English): A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience,...
Definitions
- A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience,...
Ancestry of “empiricism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | empiric | Empirical; A member of a sect of ancient... |
| 2 | Old French | empirique | — |
| 3 | Latin | empīricus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρικός | experienced |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρία | experience; mere experience or practice without... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἔμπειρος | experienced or practiced in a thing, acquainted... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “empiricism”