Where does “tesaurus” come from?

tesaurus (Malay) comes from English thesaurus, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tesaurus (Malay): thesaurus

Definitions

  1. thesaurus

Ancestry of “tesaurus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthesaurusA publication, usually in the form of a book,...
2Latinthēsaurustreasure, hoard
3Ancient Greekθησαυρόςtreasure; vault, repository, chest
4Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek τίθημι →Every word from Ancient Greek θησαυρός →