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.
πλεονασμός (Ancient Greek): abundance; excess
Ancestry of “πλεονασμός”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | πλεονάζω | to presume on; to be superfluous, more than... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πλείων | more, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *pleíhōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *pléh₁yōs | — |
Words derived from “πλεονασμός”