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Where does “philosophia” come from?

philosophia (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

philosophia (Latin): philosophy

Definitions

  1. philosophy

Ancestry of “philosophia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφιλοσοφίαlove of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge; the...
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “philosophia”

  • philosophy
  • philosophical
  • Phil
  • philosophic
  • philosophically
  • philosophize
  • unphilosophical
  • Filson
  • unphilosophic
  • metaphilosophical
  • metaphilosophy
  • nonphilosophical
  • unphilosophically
  • ethnophilosophy
  • ecophilosophy
  • Philson
  • antiphilosophical
  • antiphilosophy
  • neurophilosophy
  • religiophilosophical
  • nonphilosophy
  • ecophilosophical
  • philosophizer
  • pseudophilosophy
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