Etymology of “Agnostic”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from English
Source language
English
Ancestry links
4
Descendants
14
Word Origin Summary
Agnostic is attested in English. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- agnostisch
German · derived from
- agnostica
Dutch · borrowed from
- Agnostiker
German · derived from
- agnost
Dutch · borrowed from
- agnostisch
Dutch · borrowed from
- agnostico
Italian · borrowed from
- agnostikko
Finnish · borrowed from
- agnosticus
Dutch · borrowed from
What You Can Explore
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- 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root