Where does “empirique” come from?
empirique (Old French) comes from Latin empīricus, 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 — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Ancestry of “empirique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | empīricus | an empirical physician, an empiric a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρικός | experienced |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐμπειρία | experience; mere experience or practice without... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἔμπειρος | experienced or practiced in a thing, acquainted... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “empirique”
- empirical
- empirically
- empiricism
- empiricist
- empiric
- semiempirical
- nonempirical
- unempirical
- empiristic
- postempiricist
- superempirical
- nonempirically
- antiempirical
- empiricalness
- antiempiricist
- semiempirically
- unempirically
- antiempiricism
- postempiricism
- psychoempirical
- empiricalize
- equiempirical
- hyper-empirical
- hyperempirical