Where does “aforistic” come from?
aforistic (Romanian) comes from French aphoristique, from French aphorisme, from Middle French aphorisme, from Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός, from Ancient Greek ἀφορίζω, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό — to push, to hit.
aforistic (Romanian): aphoristic
Definitions
- aphoristic
Ancestry of “aforistic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aphoristique | aphoristic |
| 2 | French | aphorisme | aphorism |
| 3 | Middle French | aphorisme | — |
| 4 | Latin | aphorismus | aphorism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀφορισμός | limitation; separation, distinction |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀφορίζω | to mark off boundary; to mark off for myself; to... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |