Where does “unempirically” come from?
unempirically (English) comes from English unempirical, from English empirical, from English empiric, from Old French empirique, from Latin empīricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρία, from Ancient Greek ἔμπειρος — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
unempirically (English): Not empirically; without experiment or experience
Definitions
- Not empirically; without experiment or experience
Ancestry of “unempirically”, step by step
unempirically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unempirical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unempirical | Not empirical |
| 2 | English | empirical | Pertaining to or based on experience; Pertaining... |
| 3 | English | empiric | Empirical; A member of a sect of ancient... |
| 4 | Old French | empirique | — |
| 5 | Latin | empīricus | an empirical physician, an empiric a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρικός | experienced |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρία | experience; mere experience or practice without... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἔμπειρος | experienced or practiced in a thing, acquainted... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |