Where does “περιφέρεια” come from?
περιφέρεια (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια, from Ancient Greek περιφερής, from Ancient Greek περιφέρω, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
περιφέρεια (Greek): circumference; region, territory; periphery,...
Definitions
- circumference; region, territory; periphery,...
Ancestry of “περιφέρεια”, step by step
περιφέρεια traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek περιφέρεια
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρεια | circumference, periphery; the line around the... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | περιφερής | Circular, round |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρω | to carry round, carry about; to survive, endure,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 5 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Greek φέρω
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | φέρω | bear, carry; → "see" φέρομαι "I behave"; 1st... |