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Where does “péricope” come from?

péricope (French) comes from Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή, from Ancient Greek περικόπτω, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.

péricope (French): pericope

Definitions

  1. pericope

Ancestry of “péricope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpericope—
2Ancient Greekπερικοπήsection
3Ancient Greekπερικόπτω—
4Ancient Greekπερῐ-around; very; round about
5New Latinheliumhelium
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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