ENGLISH ROOT WORD: soph "wise." from Greek sophos, sophia, sophisma, sophizesthai

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【soph】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Greek word(s) "sophos," "sophia," "sophisma," and "sophizesthai." It carries the basic meaning of "wise."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "soph"]

philosopher **[3452] A philosopher is a person who studies or writes about philosophy.
philosophy ****[1901] Philosophy is the study or creation of theories about basic things such as the nature of existence, knowledge, and thought, or about how people should live.
sophisticated ***[2978] A sophisticated machine, device, or method is more advanced or complex than others.

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[WORD ROOT]root soph
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] soph, sopho
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) sophos, sophia, sophisma, sophizesthai
[MEANING]root wise

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 sophia high knowledge, learning, wisdom
• 【Greek】 sophos skilled in a handicraft, cunning in one's craft; clever in matters of everyday life, shrewd; skilled in the sciences, learned; clever; too clever
• 【Greek】 sophizesthai [from sophos] to become wise or learned

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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philosopher ★★[3452] noun from philosophy 〈 soph
【DEFINITION】 A philosopher is a person who studies or writes about philosophy.
【pl.】 philosophers
【COMPOSITION】 philosophy + er
【ROOTs】 ⑴ philo(phil); lover, friendly ⑵ soph; wise ⑶ er; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek sophos》 skilled in a handicraft, cunning in one's craft; clever in matters of everyday life, shrewd; skilled in the sciences, learned; clever; too clever
【First Known Meaning】 scholar, learned person, wise person; one devoted to the search for universal truth, a student of metaphysical and moral sciences
【DERIVATIVEs】 philosophic, philosopher, philosophical, philosophy

philosophy ★★★★[1901] noun from philosophy 〈 soph
【DEFINITION】 Philosophy is the study or creation of theories about basic things such as the nature of existence, knowledge, and thought, or about how people should live.
【pl.】 philosophies
【ROOTs】 ⑴ philo(phil); lover, friendly ⑵ soph; wise ⑶ y; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek sophos》 skilled in a handicraft, cunning in one's craft; clever in matters of everyday life, shrewd; skilled in the sciences, learned; clever; too clever
【DERIVATIVEs】 philosophic, philosophically, philosophicalness, philosophize, philosophy, philosopher, philosophical

sophisticated ★★★[2978] adjective from sophist 〈 soph
【DEFINITION】 A sophisticated machine, device, or method is more advanced or complex than others.
【ANTONYM】 unsophisticated
【COMPOSITION】 sophisticate + ed
【ROOTs】 ⑴ soph; wise ⑵ ist; noun suffix ⑶ ic; adjective suffix ⑷ ate; suffix ⑸ d(ed); adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Greek sophos》 skilled in a handicraft, cunning in one's craft; clever in matters of everyday life, shrewd; skilled in the sciences, learned; clever; too clever
【DERIVATIVEs】 sophisticate, sophisticatedly, sophistication, sophisticator, sophisticated

Other words containing "soph"; antisophism, pansophism, pansophist, pansophy, philosophic, philosophically, philosophicalness, philosophize, soph, sophism, sophist, sophisticate, sophisticatedly, sophistication, sophisticator, sophistry, Sophocles, sophomania, sophomaniac, sophomore, sophomoric

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

some
solve
solid
sol-
sol
soft
soci
so
sleep
skill

 

 

 

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