Where does “noetic” come from?
Noetic derives from Ancient Greek νοητικός, from νοέω meaning "to perceive or think," from νόος meaning "mind," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- meaning "to spin" or "to flow."
noetic (English): Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect;...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect;...
Ancestry of “noetic”, step by step
noetic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek νοητικός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | νοητικός | intellectual |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | νοητός | perceptible to the mind, thinkable, imaginable |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νοέω | to perceive, observe, see, notice; to think,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νόος | mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via French noétique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | noétique | noetic |