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axiomatic
Axiomatic comes from Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός ‘employing logical propositions’, from ἀξίωμα ‘self-evident principle’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγω‘to lead, draw out or down’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄξιος‘worthy’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀξιόω‘to think or deem worthy’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀξίωμα‘self-evident principle’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀξιωμᾰτικόςaxiōmătikós‘employing logical propositions’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932axiomatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ágō‘to lead, to guide’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγω‘to lead, draw out or down’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄξιος‘worthy’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀξιόω‘to think or deem worthy’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀξίωμα‘self-evident principle’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀξιωμᾰτικόςaxiōmătikós‘employing logical propositions’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932axiomatic
Earliest quotation: 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World: “The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which…”
Formed from axiom + -atic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
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Ancient Greek ἀξιόω ‘to think fit or worthy, to require, to demand’
Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα ‘that which is thought to fit, a requisite’
Latin axiōma
Middle French axiome
English axiom
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, reaction, essay, actively, transaction, acre, gesture, digest, inactive, radioactive, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, progesterone, unambiguous, reagent, ingest, retroactive, hyperactivity, gestation, agitate, ambiguously, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 131 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
act, action, agency, actual, agent, active, activity, actor, agenda, ambiguous, activate, agile, ambiguity, agility, squat, assay, radium, agitation, cogent, actuator, inexact, exigent, actuation, actuate, 113 more
through Proto-Hellenic *ágō ‘to lead, to guide’
agony, antagonist, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, agonize, 23 more
through Ancient Greek ἄγω ‘to lead, draw out or down’
Today it means
adj Self-evident or unquestionable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / axiomatic