Where does “emphyteusis” come from?
emphyteusis (English) comes from Latin emphyteusis, from Ancient Greek ἐμφύτευσις, from Ancient Greek ἐμφυτεύω, from Ancient Greek φυτεύω, from Ancient Greek φυτόν, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
emphyteusis (English): A right to enjoyment of property with a given...
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- A right to enjoyment of property with a given...
Ancestry of “emphyteusis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | emphyteusis | a grafting |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐμφύτευσις | tenure of an ἐμφύτευμα, a type of hereditary leasehold in Roman law |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐμφυτεύω | to implant, engraft |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυτεύω | to plant; to bring about, cause, prepare |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φυτόν | plant, tree; creature; child, descendant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |