English
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonism comes from Latin Pyrrhō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPyrrhō
- Englishearliest quotation 1603Pyrrhonism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPyrrhō
- Englishearliest quotation 1603Pyrrhonism
Earliest quotation: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes […]: “Whosoever shall imagine a perpetuall confession of ignorance, and…”
Formed from -ism
Every English word from Latin Pyrrhō
Today it means
noun The system of skeptical philosophy established by Pyrrho of Elis, centred on the idea that nothing can be known for certain; widespread skepticism, universal doubt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Pyrrhō / Pyrrhonism