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Where does “ideation” come from?

Ideation comes from English ideate, from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning to see or know.

ideation (English): The conceptualization of a mental image; The...

Definitions

  1. The conceptualization of a mental image; The...

Ancestry of “ideation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishideateTo apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in...
2English-atehaving the specified thing; characterized by the...
3English-cyUsed to form nouns of state, condition or quality...
4Anglo-Norman-cie—
5Latin-tiaoffice, rank
6Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “ideation”

  • ideational
  • ideationally
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