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anthropopeia
Anthropopeia comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποποιΐα ‘making of man or men’, and goes back to ἄνθρωπος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄνθρωποςánthrōpos‘man, human being’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνθρωποποιΐαanthrōpopoiḯa‘making of man or men’
- Englishtodayanthropopeia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄνθρωποςánthrōpos‘man, human being’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνθρωποποιΐαanthrōpopoiḯa‘making of man or men’
- Englishtodayanthropopeia
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’
eye, optics, oculus, ocular, ogle, inoculation, monocle, awk, synoptic, inoculate, doily, 38 more
through Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ‘man, human being’
Today it means
noun Scientific enquiry aimed at the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος / anthropopeia