Where does “noumène” come from?
noumène (French) comes from German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek νοούμενον, from Ancient Greek νοέω, from Ancient Greek νόος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
noumène (French): noumenon
Definitions
- noumenon
Ancestry of “noumène”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Noumenon | noumenon |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | νοούμενον | thing that is known; influence perceptible by the... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νοέω | to perceive, observe, see, notice; to think,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νόος | mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |