Etymology

agnosticize

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Today it means: To make agnostic. Full definition →

English agnostic ← Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tis
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  8. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  9. Ancient Greekἄγνωστος (ágnōstos)
  10. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  11. Englisha-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  14. Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
  15. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  16. EnglishGnostic
  17. Englishagnostic
  18. English todayagnosticize

From agnostic + -ize.

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