Where does “empiric” come from?

empiric (Romanian) comes from French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρία, from Ancient Greek ἔμπειρος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν, from Ancient Greek δέρμα — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

empiric (Romanian): empirical

Definitions

  1. empirical

Ancestry of “empiric”, step by step

empiric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French empirique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchempiriqueempirical; empiricism; empiricist
2Latinempiricusan empirical physician, an empiric
3Ancient Greekἐμπειρικόςexperienced
4Ancient Greekἐμπειρίαexperience; mere experience or practice without...
5Ancient Greekἔμπειροςexperienced or practiced in a thing, acquainted...
6Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
7Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
8Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
9Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
10Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
11Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
12Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Latin empīricus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinempīricusan empirical physician, an empiric a physician whose knowledge of medicine is derived from experience, observation, and practice only, as opposed to scientific theory

Words derived from “empiric

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐν-