Where does “quiasme” come from?
quiasme (Catalan) comes from Latin chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός, from Ancient Greek χιάζειν, from Ancient Greek Χ, from Ancient Greek Χριστός, from Ancient Greek χρίω, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
quiasme (Catalan): chiasmus
Ancestry of “quiasme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | chiasmus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χιασμός | marked with an X; crosswise arrangement |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χιάζειν | to mark with a chi; to mark with the letter chi |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Χ | Chi; chi |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to smear with , rub on something; to anoint with... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |