Etymology

phenomenical

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English phenomenon ← Late Latin phaenomenon
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  5. Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
  6. Late Latinphaenomenon
  7. Englishphenomenon
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. English todayphenomenical

From phenomenon + -ical.

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