Where does “filosofare” come from?
filosofare (Italian) comes from Italian filosofa, from French philosopher, from Latin philosophārī, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...
filosofare (Italian): to philosophize; To pose as a philosopher
Definitions
- to philosophize; To pose as a philosopher
Ancestry of “filosofare”, step by step
filosofare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian filosofa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | filosofa | female equivalent of filosofo; inflection of... |
| 2 | French | philosopher | to philosophize |
| 3 | Latin | philosophārī | — |
| 4 | Latin | philosophus | philosophical; philosopher |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φιλόσοφος | lover of knowledge/wisdom; educated, learned... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σοφός | clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,... |
via Latin philosophor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | philosophor | I philosophize |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |