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Where does “mayéutico” come from?

mayéutico (Spanish) comes from Ancient Greek μαιευτικός, from Ancient Greek μαία — midwife.

mayéutico (Spanish): maieutical

Definitions

  1. maieutical

Ancestry of “mayéutico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμαιευτικός{{l|en|obstetric}}; obstetric
2Ancient Greekμαίαmidwife
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