Where does “palindrome” come from?
palindrome (French) comes from Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
palindrome (French): palindrome
Definitions
- palindrome
Ancestry of “palindrome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | παλίνδρομος | running back again, recurring; uncertain |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |