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Where does “Apollyonic” come from?

Apollyonic (English) comes from English Apollyon, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλύων, from Ancient Greek ἀπόλλυμι, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.

Apollyonic (English): Of or pertaining to Apollyon

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to Apollyon

Ancestry of “Apollyonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishApollyon—
2Ancient GreekἈπολλύωνApollyon, the destroyer
3Ancient Greekἀπόλλυμιto destroy utterly, kill, slay; to lose utterly;...
4Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
5Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
6Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
7Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
8Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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