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Where does “ideational” come from?

Ideational comes from English ideation, which derives from English idea via Latin idea and Ancient Greek ἰδέα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning "to see" with the suffix -tós.

ideational (English): Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the formation of ideas or thoughts...

Ancestry of “ideational”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishideationThe conceptualization of a mental image; The...
2EnglishideateTo apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in...
3English-atehaving the specified thing; characterized by the...
4English-cyUsed to form nouns of state, condition or quality...
5Anglo-Norman-cie—
6Latin-tiaoffice, rank
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “ideational”

  • ideationally
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