Where does “noumenon” come from?
Noumenon derives from German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek νοούμενον (the object of thought), from the verb νοέω (to perceive or think), from νόος (mind), from νέω (to swim or flow), from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- and (s)neh₂-.
noumenon (English): A thing as it is independent of any...
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- A thing as it is independent of any...
Ancestry of “noumenon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Noumenon | noumenon |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | νοούμενον | thing that is known; influence perceptible by the... |
| 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;... |