Where does “سقراط” come from?
سقراط (Persian) comes from Arabic سُقْرَاط, from Ancient Greek Σωκράτης, from Ancient Greek σῴζω, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
سقراط (Persian): Socrates
Definitions
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Ancestry of “سقراط”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | سُقْرَاط | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Σωκράτης | Socrates |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σῴζω | I save |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |