The story
- Latin · derived fromphilosophema“syllogism”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλοσόφημα“syllogism”
- English todayphilosopheme
Borrowed from the Ancient Greek φιλοσόφημα (philosóphēma, “syllogism”) via Latin philosophema (“syllogism”). The Greek was formed from φιλοσοφέω (philosophéō, “to philosophize or pursue knowledge”) and the nominalizing suffix -μα (-ma).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.