Where does “فلسفه” come from?

فلسفه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic فَلْسَفَة, 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...

فلسفه (Ottoman Turkish): philosophy, a discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts

Definitions

  1. philosophy, a discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts

Ancestry of “فلسفه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicفَلْسَفَةphilosophy
2Ancient Greekφιλοσοφίαlove of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge; the...
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “فلسفه”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία →