Where does “periode” come from?
periode (Dutch) comes from Middle French periode, from Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος, from Ancient Greek ὁδός, from Proto-Hellenic *hodós.
periode (Dutch): period; era
Ancestry of “periode”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | periode | — |
| 2 | Latin | periodus | a complete sentence; period; the circuit of the... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | περίοδος | going round in a circle, flank march;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὁδός | threshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *hodós | — |
Words derived from “periode”