Etymology

heterophenomenology

Today it means: phenomenology of the other Full definition →

English phenomenology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  9. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  10. Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
  11. Late Latinphaenomenon
  12. Englishphenomenon
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  15. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  16. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  17. Englishphenomenology
  18. English todayheterophenomenology

From hetero- + phenomenology, coined by American philosopher Daniel Dennett.

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