myEtymology.com: English etymology of philosophism

Etymology of the English word philosophism

the English word philosophism

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")

derived from the English word philosophy

derived from the Old French word philosophie

derived from the Latin word philosophia (philosophy, love of wisdom)

derived from the Greek word philosophia, φιλοσοφία ('philosophy'; Jewish sophistry)

derived from the Greek word philosophos, φιλόσοφος (fond of wise things; a 'philosopher')

using the Greek prefix philo-, ϕιλο-

derived from the Late Greek word sophia, σοφία (wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual))

derived from the Late Greek word sophos, σοφός (wise (in a most general application))