Etymology

esthetical

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English esthetic ← 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. Englishesthetic
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. English todayesthetical

From esthetic + -al.

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