Where does “platonically” come from?
platonically (English) comes from English platonic, from Latin Platōnicus, from Latin Plato, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων, from Ancient Greek -ών, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.
platonically (English): In a platonic manner
Ancestry of “platonically”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | platonic | Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or... |
| 2 | Latin | Platōnicus | — |
| 3 | Latin | Plato | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Πλάτων | Plato |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |