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    "Philosophy", noun, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, 2008

    N. About 1300 philosofieknowledge, body of knowledge, learning; later philosophye (Before 1333); borrowed from French filosofie and later philosophie, learned borrowed from Latin; also borrowed directly from Latin philosophíã love or pursuit of knowledge, speculation, philosophy (philo loving + sophíã knowledge, learning, wisdom, from sophós wise, learned of uncertain origin).
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