Where does “truthseeker” come from?
truthseeker (English) comes from English truth, from Middle English troute, from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
truthseeker (English): One who goes in quest of the truth
Definitions
- One who goes in quest of the truth
Ancestry of “truthseeker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | truth | True facts, genuine depiction or statements of... |
| 2 | Middle English | troute | — |
| 3 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 4 | Old French | truite | — |
| 5 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |