Where does “pleonasm” come from?
pleonasm (English) comes from French pléonasme, from Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός, from Ancient Greek πλεονάζω, from Ancient Greek πλείων, from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs — full.
pleonasm (English): Redundancy in wording; A phrase involving...
Definitions
- Redundancy in wording; A phrase involving...
Ancestry of “pleonasm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pléonasme | pleonasm, redundancy |
| 2 | Latin | pleonasmus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλεονασμός | abundance; excess |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλεονάζω | to presume on; to be superfluous, more than... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλείων | more, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *pleíhōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *pléh₁yōs | full |