Where does “pericopal” come from?
pericopal (English) comes from English pericope, from Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή, from Ancient Greek περικόπτω, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.
pericopal (English): Of or relating to a pericope
Definitions
- Of or relating to a pericope
Ancestry of “pericopal”, step by step
pericopal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pericope
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pericope | A section of text forming a coherent thought,... |
| 2 | Latin | pericope | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | περικοπή | section |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περικόπτω | to cut all round, mutilate, trim off, prune, cut away |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 6 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |