Etymograph

English

Presocratic

From pre- + Socratic.

A compound of pre- + Socratic

Proto-Italic *prai ‘before’

Proto-Italic *prai- ‘pre-, before’

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *kret- ‘strength’

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Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος ‘power’

Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰ́της

Ancient Greek Σωκρᾰτῐκός ‘of Socrates’

Latin Sōcratic(us)

English Socratic

Today it means

noun Any Ancient Greek philosopher who preceded or was roughly contemporaneous with Socrates and whose methods and views were influenced neither directly nor indirectly by Socrates or his primary student, Plato.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Presocratic