Where does “pleonasmus” come from?
pleonasmus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός, from Ancient Greek πλεονάζω, from Ancient Greek πλείων, from Proto-Hellenic *pleíhōn, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₁yōs — full.
Ancestry of “pleonasmus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πλεονασμός | abundance; excess |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πλεονάζω | to presume on; to be superfluous, more than... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλείων | more, comparative degree of πολύς; more; more,... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *pleíhōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *pléh₁yōs | full |