Etymology

sopho-

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Ancient Greek σοφός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσοφός“wise, wise man”
  2. English todaysopho-

From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise, wise man”) and σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

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