Where does “peristaltic” come from?
peristaltic (Romanian) comes from French péristaltique, from Ancient Greek περισταλτικός, from Ancient Greek περιστέλλω, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.
peristaltic (Romanian): peristaltic
Ancestry of “peristaltic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | péristaltique | peristaltic |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | περισταλτικός | clasping and compressing; δύναμις περισταλτική ,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | περιστέλλω | I dress, I clothe, I wrap up |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 5 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |