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

  1. plural of palimpsest

Ancestry of “palimpseste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpalimpsestpalimpsest
2Frenchpalimpsestepalimpsest
3LatinpalimpsēstusA palimpsest; a manuscript scraped clean for reuse
4Ancient Greekπαλίμψηστοςscratched or scraped again
5Ancient Greekπάλινback, backwards; again, once more, anew; again,...
6Ancient Greekπάλις
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷl̥His
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷl̥HisEvery word from Ancient Greek πάλις
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