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Axiom

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a statement regarded as self-evidently true, taken as a starting point
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Stage 1 of 2
axioma
Greek · ancient
"a thing thought worthy or true"
literally a thing thought worthy, from axios (worthy)
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Stage 2 of 2
axiom
English · 1400s
"a statement accepted as self-evidently true"
settled as the word for a statement accepted as self-evidently true
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