Where does “hypallage” come from?

hypallage (French) comes from Latin hypallage, from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

hypallage (French): chiasmus

Definitions

  1. chiasmus

Ancestry of “hypallage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhypallage—
2Ancient Greekὑπαλλαγήinterchange, exchange; change of regime; pledging...
3Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →