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Where does “postapokalyptisch” come from?

postapokalyptisch (German) comes from German apokalyptisch, from German Apokalypse, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις, from Ancient Greek ἀποκαλύπτω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.

postapokalyptisch (German): postapocalyptic

Definitions

  1. postapocalyptic

Ancestry of “postapokalyptisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanapokalyptischapocalyptic
2GermanApokalypseapocalypse
3Ancient Greekἀποκάλυψιςuncovering, revelation, disclosure
4Ancient GreekἀποκαλύπτωI reveal
5Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
6Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
7Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
8Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
9Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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