Word Origins: Empirical: Despite their formal resemblance, - TopicsExpress



          

Word Origins: Empirical: Despite their formal resemblance, empirical and empire are completely unrelated. Empirical comes ultimately from the Greek adjective émpeiros ‘skilled or experienced in’, a compound formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and peira ‘attempt, trial’ (a relative of English expert, peril, pirate, and repertory). From this were derived successively the noun empeiría ‘experience’ and empeirikós, which English acquired via Latin empiricus.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:46:05 +0000

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