sceptique

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai

Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós)bor.

Middle French sceptique

French sceptique

Inherited from Middle French sceptique, borrowed from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós) or (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) possibly intermediately borrowed from New Latin scepticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp.tik/

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• Homophone: septique
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

sceptique m or f by sense (plural sceptiques)

1. sceptic (British), skeptic (American)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Adjective

sceptique (plural sceptiques)

1. sceptical (British), skeptical (American)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Descendants

• → Polish: sceptyk
• → Portuguese: cético
• →? Romanian: sceptic
• → Turkish: septik

Further reading

• “sceptique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti

Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai

Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós)bor.

Middle French sceptique

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós) or (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) possibly intermediately borrowed from New Latin scepticus.

Adjective

sceptique m (feminine singular sceptiquee, masculine plural sceptiques, feminine plural sceptiquees)

1. skeptical

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

sceptique m or f (plural sceptiques)

1. skeptic

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Descendants

• French: sceptique
  • → Polish: sceptyk
  • → Portuguese: cético
  • →? Romanian: sceptic
  • → Turkish: septik
• → English: skeptic, sceptic (UK), sceptick, skeptick (obsolete)

References

• “sceptique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012