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Where does “philosopheme” come from?

philosopheme (English) comes from Ancient Greek φιλοσόφημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

philosopheme (English): A philosophical statement, theorem or axiom

Definitions

  1. A philosophical statement, theorem or axiom

Ancestry of “philosopheme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφιλοσόφημαsubject or scientific inquiry or philosophic...
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →