Where does “allegorie” come from?
allegorie (Dutch) comes from French allégorie, from Old French allegorie, from Latin allēgoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti — to sift, separate, divide.
allegorie (Dutch): allegory
Definitions
- allegory
Ancestry of “allegorie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | allégorie | allegory |
| 2 | Old French | allegorie | allegory |
| 3 | Latin | allēgoria | allegory |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλληγορία | veiled language, allegory |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |