Where does “ipocritism” come from?

ipocritism (Romanian) comes from Romanian ipocrit, from French hypocrite, from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής, from Ancient Greek ὑποκρίνομαι, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό.

ipocritism (Romanian): hypocrisy

Definitions

  1. hypocrisy

Ancestry of “ipocritism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianipocrithypocritical, false; hypocrite
2Frenchhypocritehypocritical; hypocrite
3Latinhypocritamimic; hypocrite
4Ancient Greekὑποκριτήςone who answers: interpreter, expounder; stage...
5Ancient Greekὑποκρίνομαιto answer; to interpret; to dialogue, to answer...
6Ancient Greekῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω
7Ancient Greekῠ̔πο-under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath
8Ancient Greekὑπό
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-