Where does “essoterico” come from?
essoterico (Italian) comes from Latin exōtericus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτερικός, from Ancient Greek ἐξώτερος, from Ancient Greek ἔξω, 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;...
essoterico (Italian): exoteric; public, popular
Definitions
- exoteric; public, popular
Ancestry of “essoterico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | exōtericus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐξωτερικός | external |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐξώτερος | outside |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἔξω | out, out of; outside; without, except |
| 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;... |
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