myEtymology.com: English etymology of agnosticism

Etymology of the English word agnosticism

the English word agnosticism

derived from the English word agnostic

derived from the English word a-

using the Greek prefix a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)

derived from the English word Gnostic

derived from the Late Latin word Gnostici

derived from the Greek word agnostos, ἄγνωστος (unknown)

derived from the English word a-

derived from the English word gnostic

derived from the Late Latin word Gnosticus

derived from the Late Greek word Gnostikos

derived from the Greek word gnostikos, γνωστικός

derived from the Greek word gnosis, γνῶσις (knowledge; knowing (the act); knowledge)

derived from the Greek word gignoskein, γιγνώσκω

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gno-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gnō-

using the English suffix -ism

derived from the French suffix -ism

derived from the Latin suffix -ismus

derived from the Greek suffix -ismos, -ισμός

suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")

Word found in Modern English