Where does “philosophical” come from?
Philosophical derives from English philosophy and the English suffix -ic, from French -ique and Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos and the root bʰil-.
philosophical (English): Of, or pertaining to, philosophy; Rational;...
Definitions
- Of, or pertaining to, philosophy; Rational;...
Ancestry of “philosophical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | philosophy | The love of wisdom; An academic discipline that... |
| 2 | French | philosophie | philosophy, the study of thoughts; philosophy,... |
| 3 | Old French | philosophie | philosophy |
| 4 | Latin | philosophia | philosophy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φιλοσοφία | love of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge; the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “philosophical”
- philosophically
- unphilosophical
- metaphilosophical
- nonphilosophical
- unphilosophically
- antiphilosophical
- religiophilosophical
- ecophilosophical
- pseudophilosophical
- historicophilosophical
- aphilosophical
- neurophilosophical
- psychophilosophical
- postphilosophical
- extraphilosophical
- ethnophilosophical
- nonphilosophically
- metaphilosophically
- geophilosophical
- philosophicalness
- historiophilosophical
- cyberphilosophical
- biophilosophical
- psycho-socio-philosophical