Word: epistemology
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
pis
te
mol
o
gy
Definition: The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?; How is knowledge acquired?; What do people know?; How do we know what we know?; How do we know it is true?", and so on.
Morphemes:
Affix: epistemology
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?; How is knowledge acquired?; What do people know?; How do we know what we know?; How do we know it is true?", and so on.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἐπίσταμαι
Language: grc
Decoded: epistamai
Meaning: I know
Affix: λόγος
Language: grc
Decoded: logos
Meaning: explanation
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns