{"id":647175,"date":"2024-11-09T11:41:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T16:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=647175"},"modified":"2024-11-09T11:41:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T16:41:44","slug":"opinion-etymology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/09\/opinion-etymology\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion Etymology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word <strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153opinion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> traces its origins back to Latin and has evolved through several languages before entering English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. <strong>Latin Origin<\/strong>: The term originates from the Latin word <strong><em>opinio<\/em><\/strong>, which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153opinion, conjecture, supposition, belief.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This noun is derived from the Latin verb <strong><em>opinari<\/em><\/strong>, meaning \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to think, judge, suppose.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. <strong>Proto-Indo-European Root<\/strong>: The Latin <strong><em>opinari<\/em><\/strong> is believed to come from the Proto-Indo-European root <strong>*op-<\/strong>, which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to choose\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to believe.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This root emphasizes the act of choosing or selecting a belief among various possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. <strong>Old French Influence<\/strong>: The Latin <strong><em>opinio<\/em><\/strong> evolved into the Old French word <strong><em>opinion<\/em><\/strong> during the Middle Ages. Old French was a significant conduit for Latin words entering the English language after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. <strong>Middle English Adoption<\/strong>: The Old French <strong><em>opinion<\/em><\/strong> was adopted into Middle English as <strong><em>opinion<\/em><\/strong> around the 14th century. It retained its meaning related to personal beliefs or judgments not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Latin<\/strong>: <em>opinio<\/em> (opinion, belief) \u00e2\u2020\u0090 <em>opinari<\/em> (to think, suppose)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Proto-Indo-European<\/strong>: *op- (to choose, believe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Old French<\/strong>: <em>opinion<\/em> (opinion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 <strong>Middle English<\/strong>: <em>opinion<\/em> (belief, judgment)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evolution of <strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153opinion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> reflects the human practice of forming beliefs and judgments by choosing among different ideas or interpretations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153opinion\u00e2\u20ac\u009d traces its origins back to Latin and has evolved through several languages before entering English. 1. Latin Origin: The term originates from the Latin word opinio, which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153opinion, conjecture, supposition, \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647176,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647175\/revisions\/647176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}