Where does “peripheral” come from?
Peripheral comes from English periphery, derived from Late Latin peripheria and Ancient Greek περιφέρεια, meaning the outer edge or circumference, ultimately from φέρω, to carry.
peripheral (English): On the periphery or boundary; Beside the point;...
Definitions
- On the periphery or boundary; Beside the point;...
Ancestry of “peripheral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | periphery | The outside boundary, parts or surface of... |
| 2 | Old French | peripherie | — |
| 3 | Latin | peripherīa | circumference |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρεια | circumference, periphery; the line around the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περιφερής | Circular, round |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρω | to carry round, carry about; to survive, endure,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 8 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “peripheral”
- peripherally
- peripheralization
- semiperipheral
- peripheralisation
- peripherin
- midperipheral
- nonperipheral
- centroperipheral
- peripheralize
- peripheralist
- ultraperipheral
- epiperipheral
- peripheralise
- entoperipheral
- peripheral oxygen saturation
- peripheralism
- peripherality
- peripheralness
- peripherome
- spondyloperipheral
- subperipheral
- supraperipheral
- transperipheral
- periferal