Where does “pronoea” come from?
pronoea (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek πρόνοια, from Ancient Greek προνοέω, from Ancient Greek πρόνοος, from Ancient Greek νόος, 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;...
pronoea (Latin): providence
Ancestry of “pronoea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | πρόνοια | foresight, foreknowledge; providence |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | προνοέω | to perceive before, foresee |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρόνοος | careful, prudent |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νόος | mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a... |
| 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;... |