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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *périh₂ Proto-Hellenic *péřřa Ancient Greek πεῖρα (peîra) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἔμπειρος (émpeiros) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐμπειρία (empeiría) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós)bor. Latin empīricuslbor. English empiric Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English empirical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English empirically From empirical + -ly.

Meanings

1. Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
   • I have no idea why this works, but empirically, it works.
2. Based on data and evidence gathered in the real world.
   • We need to test this idea empirically instead of just speculating about it.

Forms

Antonyms

unempirically · nonempirically · unempirically · nonempirically

Coordinates

semiempirically · semiempirically

Deriveds

semiempirically · unempirically · nonempirically

Relateds

epistemology · empiricism · empiric · epistemics

Translations (11)

es empíricamente (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · pl aposteriorycznie (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · grc ἐμπειρῐκῶς (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · pt empiricamente (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · el εμπειρικά (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · it empiricamente (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · pl empirycznie (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · gl empiricamente (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · ko 실험적으로 (based on data gathered in the real world) · ko 경험적으로 (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge) · ca empíricament (based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge)