English
apodeictic
Apodeictic comes from Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός ‘affording proof, demonstrative’, from δείκνῡμῐ ‘to point out, show’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to show, point out’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*deiknéumireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδείκνῡμῐ‘to point out, show’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποδείκνυμι‘to demonstrate, point out, show’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποδεικτικόςapodeiktikós‘affording proof, demonstrative’
- Englishearliest quotation 1896apodeictic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to show, point out’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*deiknéumireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδείκνῡμῐ‘to point out, show’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποδείκνυμι‘to demonstrate, point out, show’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀποδεικτικόςapodeiktikós‘affording proof, demonstrative’
- Englishearliest quotation 1896apodeictic
Earliest quotation: 1896, Arthur Schopenhauer, The Art of Controversy: “Aristotle does, indeed, distinguish between (1) Logic, or Analytic,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show, point out’
teach, index, indicate, toe, token, indication, digit, indicator, predict, dictionary, ditto, syndicate, dictator, addict, indicative, contradictory, dictate, contradiction, contradict, predicate, ditty, interdiction, diction, syndicalism, dictum, interdict, tache, paradigmatic, indicia, dict, 40 more
through Proto-Hellenic *deiknéumi
Today it means
adj Affording proof; demonstrative.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- / apodeictic