English
epistopic
Coined by Robert Holmes in 1986, in Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet.
A blend of epistemology + topic
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’
Proto-Hellenic *lógos
Ancient Greek λόγος ‘speech, language’
Ancient Greek ἐπίσταμαι ‘to know’
Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη ‘science, knowledge’
English epistemology
Ancient Greek τόπος ‘a place’
Ancient Greek τοπικός ‘pertaining to a place’
Latin topica ‘Topics (title of Aristotle’s work on…’
English topic
The story
Coined by Robert Holmes in 1986, in Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet.
Today it means
noun A recurrent topic of epistemological discussion and debate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / epistopic