Where does “paraphrase” come from?
Paraphrase comes from Middle French paraphrase, meaning to restate or interpret a text in other words.
paraphrase (English): A restatement of a text in different words, often...
Definitions
- A restatement of a text in different words, often...
Ancestry of “paraphrase”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | paraphrase | — |
| 2 | Latin | paraphrasis | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παράφρασις | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “paraphrase”