platonic · adjective1
Variant of Platonic, which see. The sense “non-sexual” dates to the 17th century in English, and to the 15th century in Latin; see platonic love for details.
Platonic · adjective, noun2
- Latin · derived fromPlatōnicus
- English todayPlatonic
From Latin Platōnicus. By surface analysis, Platon (“Plato”) + -ic (“relating to”).
Words from the same roots
LatinPlatōnicus all →
platonical
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