Where does “ἀπόφασις” come from?
ἀπόφασις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἀποφαίνω, 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.
ἀπόφασις (Ancient Greek): decision, finding, resolution, judgment,...
Definitions
- decision, finding, resolution, judgment,...
Ancestry of “ἀπόφασις”, step by step
ἀπόφασις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek ἀποφαίνω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἀποφαίνω | make known, declare; produce, render; denounce;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Ancient Greek φάσις
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | φάσις | appearance; utterance, statement, expression |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φαίνω | I cause to appear, bring to light; I show,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ρός | able, tending to be X'ed (for a verb X); a suffix generally deriving adjectives from verbal stems |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -rós | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |