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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

  1. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy; Rational;...

Ancestry of “philosophical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphilosophyThe love of wisdom; An academic discipline that...
2Frenchphilosophiephilosophy, the study of thoughts; philosophy,...
3Old Frenchphilosophiephilosophy
4Latinphilosophiaphilosophy
5Ancient Greekφιλοσοφίαlove of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge; the...
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “philosophical”

  • philosophically
  • unphilosophical
  • metaphilosophical
  • nonphilosophical
  • unphilosophically
  • antiphilosophical
  • religiophilosophical
  • ecophilosophical
  • pseudophilosophical
  • historicophilosophical
  • aphilosophical
  • neurophilosophical
  • psychophilosophical
  • extraphilosophical
  • postphilosophical
  • ethnophilosophical
  • nonphilosophically
  • metaphilosophically
  • geophilosophical
  • philosophicalness
  • unphilosophicalness
  • historiophilosophical
  • cyberphilosophical
  • ecophilosophically
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