Where does “palimpsest” come from?
palimpsest (Romanian) comes from French palimpseste, from Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος, from Ancient Greek πάλιν, from Ancient Greek πάλις, from Proto-Indo-European kʷl̥His, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
palimpsest (Romanian): palimpsest
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