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Where does “apokalipso” come from?

apokalipso (Esperanto) comes from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.

apokalipso (Esperanto): apocalypse

Definitions

  1. apocalypse

Ancestry of “apokalipso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinapocalypsisrevelation, disclosing
2Ancient Greekἀποκάλυψιςuncovering, revelation, disclosure
3Ancient GreekἀποκαλύπτωI reveal
4Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
5Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
6Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
7Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
8Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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