English
Platonist
Platonist comes from Latin Platonista.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPlatonista
- Englishearliest quotation 1549Platonist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPlatonista
- Englishearliest quotation 1549Platonist
Earliest quotation: 1549, Hugh Latimer: “[St Augustine of Hippo] became of a Maniche, and…”
Formed from Plato + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘flat’
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Ancient Greek πλατύς ‘broad, wide’
Ancient Greek Πλάτων
Latin Platō
Middle English Plato
English Plato
Every English word from Latin Platonista
Today it means
noun A member of the philosophical school of thought established by Plato; a believer in Platonism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Platonista / Platonist