céptico

Portuguese

noun

Definitions

(chiefly) skeptic someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin *scepticus derived from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (inquiring, thoughtful).

Origin

Ancient Greek

σκεπτικός

Gloss

inquiring, thoughtful

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

scepticism English
skeptic English
*scepticus Latin
skeptisch German
escéptico Spanish, Castilian
σκέπτομαι Ancient Greek
σκεπτικός Ancient Greek
*speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
ceticismo Portuguese
skeptický Czech
σκεπτικός Greek (modern)

ceticismo