Peripatetic Definition

Origin of Peripatetic

• From Latin peripatÄ“ticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος (peripatos, “strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking"), from περιπατέω (peripateō, “I walk around"), from περί (peri, “around") + πατέω (pateō, “I walk"). Aristotle's school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί (peripatÄ“tikoi) "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου (hoi ek tou peripatou, “those from the walk") in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι (peripatoi, “walkways") of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated.

  From Wiktionary

• From French péripatétique (peri- + patein (“to tread")), from Latin peripatÄ“ticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatÄ“tikos, “given to walking around"), from περιπατέω (peripateō, “I walk around"), from περί (peri, “around") (English peri-)+ πατέω (pateō, “I walk").

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• Middle English peripatetik from Latin peripatēticus from Greek peripatētikos from peripatein to walk about or from peripatos covered walk (where Aristotle allegedly lectured) peri- peri- patein to walk pent- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition