The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσοφία“knowledge, wisdom”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκιά“shadow”
- English todaysciosophy
From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) and Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “knowledge, wisdom”). Coined by American academic David Starr Jordan.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσκιά all →
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Ancient Greekσοφία all →
SofiaSophiaSonyapsychosophy-sophytheanthroposophy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.