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Where does “aforismikokoelma” come from?

aforismikokoelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish aforismi, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός, from Ancient Greek ἀφορίζω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.

aforismikokoelma (Finnish): A collection of aphorisms

Definitions

  1. A collection of aphorisms

Ancestry of “aforismikokoelma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaforismiaphorism
2Late Latinaphorismusaphorism
3Ancient Greekἀφορισμόςlimitation; separation, distinction
4Ancient Greekἀφορίζωto mark off boundary; to mark off for myself; to...
5Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
6Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
7Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
8Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
9Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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