Where does “pleonastic” come from?
pleonastic (English) comes from English pleonasm, 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.
pleonastic (English): Of, or relating to pleonasm; Redundant;...
Definitions
- Of, or relating to pleonasm; Redundant;...
Ancestry of “pleonastic”, step by step
pleonastic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pleonasm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pleonasm | Redundancy in wording; A phrase involving... |
| 2 | French | pléonasme | pleonasm, redundancy |
| 3 | Latin | pleonasmus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλεονασμός | abundance; excess |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πλεονάζω | to presume on; to be superfluous, more than... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλείων | more, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *pleíhōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *pléh₁yōs | full |
via French pléonastique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pléonastique | pleonastic |