Where does “comma” come from?
Comma comes from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα, derived from κόπτω meaning "to cut," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep-.
comma (English): The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set...
Definitions
- The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set...
Ancestry of “comma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Komma | comma |
| 2 | Spanish | coma | comma; misericord; section |
| 3 | Latin | comma | a caesura |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κόμμα | a stamp or impression of a coin, coinage; that... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κόπτω | strike; cut; shake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kep- | to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,... |
Words derived from “comma”