Where does “pragmatic” come from?
Pragmatic comes from Middle French pragmatique, from Late Latin pragmaticus, from Ancient Greek πραγματικός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos via Ancient Greek -μᾰ and -ικός.
pragmatic (English): Practical, concerned with making decisions and...
Definitions
- Practical, concerned with making decisions and...
Ancestry of “pragmatic”, step by step
pragmatic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French pragmatique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | pragmatique | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | pragmaticus | relating to civil affair; in Latin, as a noun, a... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πραγματικός | fit for action or business; businesslike,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via French pragmatique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pragmatique | pragmatic; pragmatics |
Words derived from “pragmatic”
- pragmatics
- pragmatically
- sociopragmatic
- metapragmatic
- pragmaticism
- metapragmatics
- unpragmatic
- pragmaticist
- nonpragmatic
- sociopragmatics
- metapragmatically
- polypragmatic
- pragmaticistic
- unpragmatically
- psychopragmatic
- grammaticopragmatic
- lexicopragmatic
- antipragmatic
- apragmatic
- cyberpragmatic
- pantopragmatic
- pragmaticize
- pragmatik
- pragmatik