Where does “apotropaic” come from?
apotropaic (English) comes from French apotropaïque, from Ancient Greek ἀποτροπή, from Ancient Greek ἀποτρέπω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
apotropaic (English): Intended to ward off evil; An agent intended to...
Definitions
- Intended to ward off evil; An agent intended to...
Ancestry of “apotropaic”, step by step
apotropaic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French apotropaïque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | apotropaïque | apotropaic |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀποτροπή | deterrence, dissuasion; prevention |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀποτρέπω | to avert, ward off |
| 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 |
via Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἀποτρόπαιος | averting, warding off |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -αῖος | Suffix added to nouns or adjectives, forming adjectives: pertaining to, belonging to ("of") |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |