Etymology

aesthetical

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to aesthetics. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English aesthetic ← French esthétique
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis-dʰh₁
  4. Proto-Hellenic*awistʰomai
  5. Ancient Greekαἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)
  6. Ancient Greekαἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs)
  7. Ancient Greekαἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)
  8. Latinaesthēticus
  9. GermanÄsthetik
  10. New Latinaesthēticu
  11. Frenchesthétique
  12. Englishaesthetic
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. English todayaesthetical

From aesthetic + -al.

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