Where does “palimpseste” come from?
palimpseste (Romanian) comes from Romanian palimpsest, 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.
palimpseste (Romanian): plural of palimpsest
Definitions
- plural of palimpsest
Ancestry of “palimpseste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | palimpsest | palimpsest |
| 2 | French | palimpseste | palimpsest |
| 3 | Latin | palimpsēstus | A palimpsest; a manuscript scraped clean for reuse |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παλίμψηστος | scratched or scraped again |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πάλιν | back, backwards; again, once more, anew; again,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πάλις | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷl̥His | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |