Where does “palinsesto” come from?
palinsesto (Italian) comes from Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος, from Ancient Greek πάλιν, from Ancient Greek πάλις, from Proto-Indo-European kʷl̥His, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
palinsesto (Italian): palimpsest; A listing of broadcast programs, e.g....
Definitions
- palimpsest; A listing of broadcast programs, e.g....
Ancestry of “palinsesto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | palimpsēstus | A palimpsest; a manuscript scraped clean for reuse |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | παλίμψηστος | scratched or scraped again |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πάλιν | back, backwards; again, once more, anew; again,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πάλις | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷl̥His | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |