Where does “hypocriticality” come from?
hypocriticality (English) comes from English hypocritical, from English hypocritic, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής, from Ancient Greek ὑποκρίνομαι, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό.
hypocriticality (English): hypocrisy
Definitions
- hypocrisy
Ancestry of “hypocriticality”, step by step
hypocriticality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hypocritical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hypocritical | Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite |
| 2 | English | hypocritic | Synonym of hypocritical; A hypocrite |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὑποκριτικός | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὑποκριτής | one who answers: interpreter, expounder; stage... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὑποκρίνομαι | to answer; to interpret; to dialogue, to answer... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ῠ̔πο- | under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὑπό | |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |