Where does “perceptionism” come from?

perceptionism (English) comes from English perception, from French perception, from Latin perceptiō, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.

perceptionism (English): The philosophy that reality is based on our sense of perception

Definitions

  1. The philosophy that reality is based on our sense of perception

Ancestry of “perceptionism”, step by step

perceptionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English perception

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishperceptionThe organisation, identification and...
2Frenchperceptiontax collection; perception
3Latinperceptiōa taking, receiving, collecting, gathering
4Latinpercipiōto seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control)
5Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
6LatinAdtoward, to
7Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
8Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
9LatinolleArchaic form of ille
10Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos
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