Where does “anáfora” come from?

anáfora (Portuguese) comes from Ancient Greek ἀναφορά, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

anáfora (Portuguese): anaphora

Definitions

  1. anaphora

Ancestry of “anáfora”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀναφοράreference of a thing to a standard
2Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
3Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →
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