Where does “پایان نفسگیر” come from?
پایان نفسگیر (Persian) comes from Persian پایان, from Persian پای, from English PIE, from Middle English pie, from Old French pié, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
پایان نفسگیر (Persian): a cliffhanger
Definitions
- a cliffhanger
Ancestry of “پایان نفسگیر”, step by step
پایان نفسگیر traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian پایان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | پایان | end, conclusion |
| 2 | Persian | پای | foot; pie |
| 3 | English | PIE | A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.) |
| 4 | Middle English | pie | Alternative form of pye |
| 5 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 6 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Persian نفسگیر
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | نفسگیر | — |