Where does “synekdoke” come from?

synekdoke (Danish) comes from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή, from Ancient Greek ἐκδοχή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

synekdoke (Danish): synecdoche

Definitions

  1. synecdoche

Ancestry of “synekdoke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsynecdochēthe putting of a whole for a part
2Ancient Greekσυνεκδοχήreceiving together; jointly receiving
3Ancient Greekἐκδοχήaccession, succession; expectation
4Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ