wijsgeer
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋɛi̯s.xeːr/
noun
Definitions
- philosopher
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish wijs (wise) + Dutch, Flemish geren (desire)derived from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (love of wisdom).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φιλοσοφία
Gloss
love of wisdom
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- philosophia Latin
- alwijs Dutch, Flemish
- begeren Dutch, Flemish
- geren Dutch, Flemish
- wijs Dutch, Flemish
- wijsbegeerte Dutch, Flemish
- wijsgerig Dutch, Flemish
- wijsheid Dutch, Flemish
- wijsneus Dutch, Flemish
- philosophie French
- σοφός Ancient Greek
- φιλοσοφία Ancient Greek
- φῐ́λος Ancient Greek
- φῐλόσοφος Ancient Greek
- فلسفة Arabic
- فَلْسَفَة Arabic
- فَلْسَفَة, فَلْسَفَات Arabic
- filozofie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- φιλοσοφία Greek (modern)
- φιλοσοφικός Greek (modern)
- geren Middle Dutch
- wijs Middle Dutch