Where does “ipocrisie” come from?
ipocrisie (Middle English) comes from Old French ypocrisie, from Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νομαι, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
Ancestry of “ipocrisie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | ypocrisie | hypocrisy |
| 2 | Latin | hypocrisis | mimicry; hypocrisy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὑπόκρισις | reply, answer; the part of an actor or orator:... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νομαι | I answer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῠ̔πο- | under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὑπό | |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “ipocrisie”