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Where does “eunoia” come from?

eunoia (English) comes from Ancient Greek εὔνοια, from Ancient Greek νόος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

eunoia (English): Goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or...

Definitions

  1. Goodwill towards an audience, either perceived or...

Ancestry of “eunoia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekεὔνοιαgoodwill, favour
2Ancient Greekνόοςmind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a...
3Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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