Where does “intuitionism” come from?
Intuitionism derives from English intuition, from Middle French intuition, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Latin intueri meaning "to look at," built from Latin in and Proto-Indo-European en, both meaning "in."
intuitionism (English): An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids...
Definitions
- An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids...
Ancestry of “intuitionism”, step by step
intuitionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French intuitionnisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intuitionnisme | intuitionism |
| 2 | French | intuition | intuition; intuition, hunch; premonition |
| 3 | Latin | intuitio | a looking at, immediate cognition |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English intuition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intuition | Immediate cognition without the use of conscious... |
| 2 | Middle French | intuition | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | intuitio | a looking at, immediate cognition |
| 4 | Latin | intueor | I look at, upon or towards; I consider, regard,... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |