Etymology

protophenomenal

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Today it means: Of a property: not phenomenal at the individual level, but collectively able to constitute phenomenal properties. Full definition →

English phenomenal ← French phénoména ← Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Ancient Greekπρῶτος (prôtos)
  6. Ancient Greekπρωτο- (prōto-)
  7. Englishproto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  11. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  12. Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
  13. Late Latinphaenomenon
  14. Englishphenomenon
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
  18. Frenchphénomène
  19. Frenchphénoména
  20. Englishphenomenal
  21. English todayprotophenomenal

From proto- + phenomenal.

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