Where does “πλεονασμός” come from?

πλεονασμός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πλεονάζω, from Ancient Greek πλείων, from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs — full.

πλεονασμός (Ancient Greek): abundance; excess

Definitions

  1. abundance; excess

Ancestry of “πλεονασμός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπλεονάζωto presume on; to be superfluous, more than...
2Ancient Greekπλείωνmore, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,...
3Proto-Hellenic*pleíhōn—
4Proto-Indo-European*pléh₁yōsfull

Words derived from “πλεονασμός”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs →Every word from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn →Every word from Ancient Greek πλείων →