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Where does “ἀποκαλυπτικός” come from?

ἀποκαλυπτικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

ἀποκαλυπτικός (Ancient Greek): revelatory

Definitions

  1. revelatory

Ancestry of “ἀποκαλυπτικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἀποκαλύπτωI reveal
2Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
3Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
4Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
5Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
6Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
8Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

Words derived from “ἀποκαλυπτικός”

  • apocalyptic
  • apocalypticism
  • postapocalyptic
  • apocalyptically
  • apocalypticist
  • nonapocalyptic
  • apocalyptism
  • preapocalyptic
  • peri-apocalyptic
  • post-apocalyptic
  • apocalíptico
  • apocalyptique
  • apocaliptic
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