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Where does “philosophe” come from?

philosophe (Old French) comes from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

Ancestry of “philosophe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinphilosophusphilosophical; philosopher
2Ancient Greekφιλόσοφοςlover of knowledge/wisdom; educated, learned...
3Ancient Greekσοφόςclever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...
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