peripatetic · adjective, noun1
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπεριπατητικός“given to walking around”
- Latin · derived fromperipatēticus
- French · borrowed frompéripatétique
- English todayperipatetic
From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatētikós, “given to walking around”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “to walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ πατέω (patéō, “to walk”).
Peripatetic · noun, adjective2
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερίπατος“strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking”
- Latin · borrowed fromperipatēticus
- English todayPeripatetic
From Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος (perípatos, “strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “to walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) + πατέω (patéō, “to walk”). Aristotle’s school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί (peripatētikoí) "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου (hoi ek toû peripátou, “those from the walk”) in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι (perípatoi, “walkways”) of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.