Etymology

empiricist

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Today it means: an advocate or supporter of empiricism Full definition →

English empiric ← Latin empīricu ← Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
  3. Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*périh₂
  6. Proto-Hellenic*péřřa
  7. Ancient Greekπεῖρα (peîra)
  8. Ancient Greekἔμπειρος (émpeiros)
  9. Ancient Greekἐμπειρία (empeiría)
  10. Ancient Greekἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)
  11. Latinempīricu
  12. Englishempiric
  13. English todayempiricist

From empiric + -ist.

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