Where does “chiasmus” come from?
chiasmus (English) comes from Latin chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός, from Ancient Greek χιάζειν, from Ancient Greek Χ, from Ancient Greek Χριστός, from Ancient Greek χρίω, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
chiasmus (English): An inversion of the relationship between the...
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Ancestry of “chiasmus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | chiasmus | marking with an X |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χιασμός | marked with an X; crosswise arrangement |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χιάζειν | to mark with a chi; to mark with the letter chi |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Χ | Chi; chi |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |