Etymology

phenomenological

Today it means: Of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English phenomenology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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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*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. Englishphenomenology
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. English todayphenomenological

From phenomenology + -ical.

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