English
Pythagorean
Pythagorean comes from Latin Pȳthagorēus ‘pertaining to Pythagoras’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPȳthagorēus‘pertaining to Pythagoras’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981Pythagorean
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPȳthagorēus‘pertaining to Pythagoras’
- Englishearliest quotation 1981Pythagorean
Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “Plato could still speak the language of archaic myth.…”
Formed from -an
Every English word from Latin Pȳthagorēus
Today it means
noun A follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Pȳthagorēus / Pythagorean