Where does “didaktik” come from?
didaktik (Turkish) comes from Dutch didactiek, from Dutch didactisch, from French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός, from Ancient Greek διδακτός, from Ancient Greek διδάσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
didaktik (Turkish): didactic
Ancestry of “didaktik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | didactiek | — |
| 2 | Dutch | didactisch | — |
| 3 | French | didactique | didactic; didacticism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διδακτικός | skilled in teaching |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διδακτός | taught, learnt |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διδάσκω | I teach, instruct, train |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |