Where does “chiasmus” come from?
chiasmus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek χιασμός, from Ancient Greek χιάζειν, from Ancient Greek Χ, from Ancient Greek Χριστός, from Ancient Greek χρίω, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
chiasmus (Latin): marking with an X
Definitions
- marking with an X
Ancestry of “chiasmus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | χιασμός | marked with an X; crosswise arrangement |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χιάζειν | to mark with a chi; to mark with the letter chi |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Χ | Chi; chi |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |