Where does “αποστροφή” come from?
αποστροφή (Greek) comes from French aversion, from Latin aversio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
αποστροφή (Greek): disgust, repugnance; apostrophe
Definitions
- disgust, repugnance; apostrophe
Ancestry of “αποστροφή”, step by step
αποστροφή traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French aversion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aversion | aversion |
| 2 | Latin | aversio | turning away; loathing, abhorrence |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἀποστροφή | escape, refuge, excuse |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀποστρέφω | I turn away |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |