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Where does “aforismo” come from?

aforismo (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός, from Ancient Greek ἀφορίζω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.

aforismo (Portuguese): aphorism

Definitions

  1. aphorism

Ancestry of “aforismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinaphorismusaphorism
2Ancient Greekἀφορισμόςlimitation; separation, distinction
3Ancient Greekἀφορίζωto mark off boundary; to mark off for myself; to...
4Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
5Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
6Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
7Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
8Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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