Where does “périphérique” come from?
périphérique (French) comes from Old French peripherie, from Latin peripherīa, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια, from Ancient Greek περιφερής, from Ancient Greek περιφέρω, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.
périphérique (French): peripheral; ring road
Ancestry of “périphérique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | peripherie | — |
| 2 | Latin | peripherīa | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρεια | circumference, periphery; the line around the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περιφερής | Circular, round |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρω | to carry round, carry about; to survive, endure,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 7 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
Words derived from “périphérique”