Where does “allegorisuus” come from?
allegorisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish allegorinen, from Finnish allegoria, from Latin allēgoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Ancient Greek κρίνω, from Proto-Hellenic kríňňō, from Proto-Indo-European krinyéti — to sift, separate, divide.
allegorisuus (Finnish): allegoricalness, allegoricality
Definitions
- allegoricalness, allegoricality
Ancestry of “allegorisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | allegorinen | allegorical |
| 2 | Finnish | allegoria | allegory |
| 3 | Latin | allēgoria | allegory |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀλληγορία | veiled language, allegory |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |