The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλόσοφος
- Latin · derived fromphilosophus
- Middle French · derived fromphilosophe
- Middle English · inherited fromphilosophre
- English todayphilosopher
From Middle English philosophre, from Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, literally “lover of wisdom”) + -er. Credited as having been coined by Pythagoras to describe himself. Displaced native Old English ūþwita.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.