Where does “nontheosophical” come from?
nontheosophical (English) comes from English theosophical, from English theosophy, from Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφία, from Ancient Greek θεόσοφος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
nontheosophical (English): Not theosophical
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- Not theosophical
Ancestry of “nontheosophical”, step by step
nontheosophical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English theosophical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | theosophical | Of or pertaining to theosophy |
| 2 | English | theosophy | any doctrine of religious philosophy and... |
| 3 | Latin | theosophia | theosophy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θεοσοφία | Knowledge of divine things |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θεόσοφος | wise in divine things |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |