Where does “apologue” come from?
apologue (English) comes from French apologue, from Latin apologus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
apologue (English): a short story with a moral, often involving...
Definitions
- a short story with a moral, often involving...
Ancestry of “apologue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | apologue | apologue |
| 2 | Latin | apologus | narrative, story; fable, tale, apologue |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀπόλογος | story, tale; fable, apologue, allegory; account... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |