wisdom
English
/ˈwɪzdəm/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
- (countable) A piece of wise advice.
- The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
- The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
- The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
- (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wisdom inherited from Old English wīsdōm (wisdom) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (wisdom) affix from English wise (way, manner, knowledgeable), wise (way, manner, knowledgeable) + English doom (judgement)root from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weyd-
Gloss
see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
知
Emoji
🙈 🪚
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -id English
- Hadean English
- addoom English
- afterwise English
- airwise English
- antiwisdom English
- cop-wise English
- copwise English
- doom English
- doom-monger English
- doomcore English
- doomer English
- doomest English
- doometh English
- doomful English
- doomist English
- doomless English
- doomlike English
- doomsayer English
- doomsaying English
- doomscrolling English
- doomsman English
- doomsome English
- doomster English
- doomsurfing English
- doomtard English
- doomward English
- doomwatch English
- doomwatcher English
- doomy English
- firewise English
- foredoom English
- guide English
- idyll English
- idyllic English
- misdoom English
- nowise English
- overwise English
- penny-wise English
- pennywise English
- predoom English
- righteous English
- tooth English
- unwisdom English
- unwise English
- video game English
- way-wise English
- wisdom tooth English
- wisdomless English
- wisdomlessness English
- wisdomwise English
- wise English
- wise-hearted English
- wiseass English
- wisecrack English
- wisehead English
- wisehood English
- wiselike English
- wiseling English
- wisely English
- wisen English
- wiseness English
- wizard English
- workwise English
- world English
- worldlywise English
- worldwisdom English
- worldwise English
- evidentia Latin
- invidia Latin
- invidiōsus Latin
- prūdentia Latin
- revidere Latin
- revideō Latin
- videntem Latin
- video, vidēre, videō Latin
- videre Latin
- videō Latin
- vidēre Latin
- visum Latin
- visus Latin
- vīsitō Latin
- vīsiō Latin
- vīsus Latin
- Weistum German
- ungewiss German
- weise German
- weissagen German
- eidetisch Dutch, Flemish
- visueel Dutch, Flemish
- envisager French
- revue French
- ведение Russian
- -ειδής Ancient Greek
- εἰδητικός Ancient Greek
- εἴδομαι Ancient Greek
- εἴδωλον Ancient Greek
- μονοειδής Ancient Greek
- πιθηκοειδής Ancient Greek
- σιγμοειδής Ancient Greek
- σωφρονιστῆρες, σωφρονιστήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀΐδηλος Ancient Greek
- ἠθμοειδής Ancient Greek
- ἰδέα Ancient Greek
- ἰδέᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἰδανός Ancient Greek
- ἱστορία Ancient Greek
- ἱστορικός Ancient Greek
- ῥομβοειδής Ancient Greek
- *dóru Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥- Proto-Indo-European
- *n̥widḗs Proto-Indo-European
- *wedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *weydstos Proto-Indo-European
- *wideh₁(ye)- Proto-Indo-European
- *widéseh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *woyd-éye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *wéydos Proto-Indo-European
- *wéydseti Proto-Indo-European
- *wéydtus Proto-Indo-European
- *wéydtōr Proto-Indo-European
- *wóyde Proto-Indo-European
- *blōstrą Proto-Germanic
- *frawītaną Proto-Germanic
- *gawissaz Proto-Germanic
- *gawitāną Proto-Germanic
- *maþlą Proto-Germanic
- *witaną Proto-Germanic
- *witją Proto-Germanic
- *witniją Proto-Germanic
- *witraz Proto-Germanic
- *witōþą Proto-Germanic
- *wīsadōmaz Proto-Germanic
- *wīsaz Proto-Germanic
- *wīsijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wīsōną Proto-Germanic
- *wīsǭ Proto-Germanic
- *wītaną Proto-Germanic
- *wītwōdz Proto-Germanic
- viss Swedish
- -ol Old English
- dry Old English
- unwīsdōm Old English
- wisdom Old English
- witnes Old English
- wittiġ Old English
- wīsdom Old English
- wīsdōm Old English
- निवेदन Sanskrit
- विदति Sanskrit
- विद्या Sanskrit
- वेद Sanskrit
- वेदि Sanskrit
- *worldwisdom Middle English
- dome Middle English
- wis Middle English
- wisdom Middle English
- wys Middle English
- andvitni Old Norse
- nǫkkurr Old Norse
- vissa Old Norse
- vitra Old Norse
- vitran Old Norse
- vitringr Old Norse
- vitrleikr Old Norse
- vitrleiksmaðr Old Norse
- vizkr Old Norse
- vísdómr Old Norse
- vísleikr Old Norse
- víss Old Norse
- víða Old Norse
- úvíss Old Norse
- *naviděti Proto-Slavic
- *viděti Proto-Slavic
- *vidъ Proto-Slavic
- *věděti Proto-Slavic
- *věstь Proto-Slavic
- vis Old French
- vís Icelandic
- vísdómstönn Icelandic
- vísdómur Icelandic
- gwedd Welsh
- wīzzago Old High German
- nav Latvian
- գտանեմ Old Armenian
- wīstuom Middle High German
- wëssen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- vizë Albanian
- 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 Gothic
- 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌹 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- witat Old Dutch
- *newēdyū Proto-Celtic
- *wid- Proto-Celtic
- *windeti Proto-Celtic
- *wēdeti Proto-Celtic
- *wēdonts Proto-Celtic
- *wēdos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewēdyom Proto-Celtic
- *wayd- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wáytˢti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *widēō Proto-Italic
- *wītan Frankish
- vaiduoklis Lithuanian
- *vidza Proto-Albanian
- *wiäime Proto-Tocharian
- *wäwé(n)- Proto-Tocharian
- 𐀹𐀆 Mycenaean Greek
- -id
- wise
- doom
- wisen
- idyll
- world
- guide
- tooth
- doomy
- doomer
- wisely
- nowise
- wizard
- unwise
- Hadean
- addoom
- idyllic
- predoom
- doometh
- doomist
- copwise
- airwise
- wiseass
- doomest
- misdoom
- doomful
- cop-wise
- doomcore
- firewise
- wisehood
- workwise
- doomster
- overwise
- wiseness
- doomsman
- doomward
- doomsome
- wisehead
- doomlike
- way-wise
- wiseling
- wiselike
- doomtard
- unwisdom
- doomless
- foredoom
- worldwise
- pennywise
- doomsayer
- afterwise
- wisecrack
- righteous
- doomwatch
- antiwisdom
- doomsaying
- video game
- penny-wise
- wisdomwise
- wisdomless
- worldlywise
- doomsurfing
- doomwatcher
- doom-monger
- worldwisdom
- wise-hearted
- wisdom tooth
- doomscrolling
- wisdomlessness