Etymology

phaneron

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Today it means: That which is perceived by the mind, regardless of whether it corresponds to reality. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φανερόν n
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromφανερόν n“that which is visible”
  2. English todayphaneron

Coined by Charles Sanders Peirce in 1905 based on Ancient Greek φανερόν n (phanerón, “that which is visible”), substantivized from the adjective φανερός (phanerós, “visible, apparent, manifest”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.