Where does “peripatetically” come from?
peripatetically (English) comes from English Peripatetic, from French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός, from Ancient Greek περιπατέω, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.
peripatetically (English): In a peripatetic manner
Definitions
- In a peripatetic manner
Ancestry of “peripatetically”, step by step
peripatetically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Peripatetic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Peripatetic | A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian; Of or... |
| 2 | French | péripatétique | of or relating to Aristotle and his philosophy;... |
| 3 | Latin | peripatēticus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περιπατητικός | Given to walking around |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περιπατέω | I walk up and down, walk about; I discourse; I... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 7 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via English ally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ally | To unite, or form a connection between, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | allie | The state of having marital or family relations... |
| 3 | Middle English | allien | To ally; to make a pact or confederacy; To marry... |
| 4 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 5 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |