physiognomy=فزيوجنوميه

physiognomy=فزيوجنوميه

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

physiognomy (n.)

late 14c., "art of judging characters from facial features," from O.Fr. phizonomie and directly from L.L. physiognomia, from Gk. physiognomia "the judging of a person's nature by his features," from physio- (see physio-) + gnomon (gen. gnomonos) "judge, indicator" (see gnomon). Meaning "face, countenance, features" is from c.1400. Related: Physiognomical.

physio-

word-forming element meaning "nature, natural, physical," from Gk. physio-, comb. form of physios "nature" (see physic).

physic (n.)

c.1300, fysike, "art of healing, medical science," also "natural science" (c.1300), from O.Fr. fisike "natural science, art of healing" (12c.) and directly from L. physica (fem. singular of physicus) "study of nature," from Gk. physike (episteme) "(knowledge) of nature," from fem. of physikos "pertaining to nature," from physis "nature," from phyein "to bring forth, produce, make to grow" (cf. phyton "growth, plant," phyle "tribe, race," phyma "a growth, tumor") from PIE root *bheue- "to be exist, grow" (cf. O.E. beon "to be," see be). Spelling with ph- attested from late 14c. (see ph). As a noun, "medicine that acts as a laxative," 1610s. The verb meaning "to dose with medicine" is attested from late 14c.

gnomon (n.)

"vertical shaft that tells time by the shadow it casts" (especially the triangular plate on a sundial), 1540s, from L. gnomon, from Gk. gnomon "indicator," lit. "one who discerns," from gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)).

gnostic (adj.)

"relating to knowledge," 1650s, from Gk. gnostikos "knowing, able to discern," from gnostos "known, perceived, understood," from gignoskein "to learn, to come to know" (see know).