ἐπιστήμη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- science
- knowledge
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek ἐπί (upon, on, on top of, over, at, for, atop, to, epi-, by, early, towards) + Ancient Greek ἵστημι (stand, put, set, weigh, I stand, place, make stand).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἵστημι
Gloss
stand, put, set, weigh, I stand, place, make stand
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archbishop English
- ephebe English
- epi- English
- epicanthic English
- epicentre English
- epinephrine English
- episteme English
- epistemology English
- epistocracy English
- eponymous English
- ephemeris Latin
- epipterygius Latin
- epithēlium Latin
- Histon German
- epi- Dutch, Flemish
- epistemologie Dutch, Flemish
- Στησίμβροτος Ancient Greek
- Στησίχορος Ancient Greek
- διίστημι Ancient Greek
- καθίστημι Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- μεθίστημι Ancient Greek
- μετανίστημι Ancient Greek
- στάσις Ancient Greek
- στατήρ Ancient Greek
- στατικός Ancient Greek
- συνίστημι Ancient Greek
- ψυχοστασία Ancient Greek
- ἀφίστημι Ancient Greek
- ἐπί Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσταμαι Ancient Greek
- ἐπώνυμος Ancient Greek
- ἐφίστημι Ancient Greek
- ἐφημερία Ancient Greek
- ἔφηβος Ancient Greek
- ἵστημι Ancient Greek
- ὑποστάτης Ancient Greek
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- epistemologia Portuguese
- epistemológico Portuguese
- eipi- Irish
- eipilimnian Irish
- eipistéimeolaíocht Irish
- εφήμερος Greek (modern)
- εφημερίδα Greek (modern)
- epistemologji Albanian
- ეპისტემოლოგია Georgian
- epistemolojia Swahili
- *hístāmi Proto-Hellenic
- epistemalaji Jamaican Creole
- στέω Italiot Greek