goropism

Etymology


From Goropius, possibly influenced by 🇨🇬, by the German philosopher and scientist  (1646–1716) in his work Nouveaux essais sur l’entendement humain (, written 1704, published 1765).

Goropius was the name of the Dutch physician and linguist (1519–1573) who hypothesized that the oldest language on earth would be the simplest language, and since Brabantic (a Dutch dialect) had more short words than Greek, Hebrew, or Latin, it was the language spoken by  in the Garden of Eden from which all other languages derived. The name is from (Goropius’ birthplace) +.

Noun

 * 1) A hypothesis, similar to the one originally propounded by Goropius which is now discredited, that some attested or modern language such as Dutch, Hebrew, or Turkish was the original language of human beings.
 * 2) An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a hypothesis.
 * 1) An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a hypothesis.
 * 1) An absurd etymology proposed as part of such a hypothesis.

Translations

 * Finnish: Goropiuksen teoria alkuperäisestä kielestä
 * German: Goropismus
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: Goropiuksen esittämä etymologia
 * Macedonian: