Gymnosophist Definition

Origin of Gymnosophist

• Middle English gumnosophist from sing. of Latin gymnosophistae from Greek gumnosophistai gumnos naked nogw- in Indo-European roots sophistēs expert sophist

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

• From French gymnosophiste, from Latin gymnosophistae, from Ancient Greek γυμνοσοφισταί (gumnosophistai), from γυμνός (gumnos, “naked”) + σοφιστής (sophistēs, “sophist”).

  From Wiktionary