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Where does “néoclassicisme” come from?

néoclassicisme (French) comes from French néo-, from Ancient Greek νεο-, from Ancient Greek νέος, from Latin fēlēs, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk.

néoclassicisme (French): neoclassicism

Definitions

  1. neoclassicism

Ancestry of “néoclassicisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnéo-neo-
2Ancient Greekνεο-new
3Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
4Latinfēlēs—
5Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
6Proto-Uralicpidetall
7Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
8Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
9Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—
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