Where does “empīricus” come from?
empīricus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρία, from Ancient Greek ἔμπειρος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα, from Ancient Greek γλυφή, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
empīricus (Latin): an empirical physician, an empiric a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory
Definitions
- an empirical physician, an empiric a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory
Ancestry of “empīricus”, step by step
empīricus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρικός | experienced |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρία | experience; mere experience or practice without... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔμπειρος | experienced or practiced in a thing, acquainted... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρῐκός | experienced |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | οἱ ἰατροὶ ἐμπειρικοί | the physicians who heal based of their experience |