Where does “Positivismus” come from?

Positivismus (German) comes from French positivisme, from French positif, from Latin posītivus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

Positivismus (German): positivism

Definitions

  1. positivism

Ancestry of “Positivismus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpositivismepositivism
2Frenchpositifpositive; positive or zero. nonnegative;...
3Latinposītivuspositive
4Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
5Proto-Italicpoznō—
6Proto-Italicpozinō—
7Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “Positivismus”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →