Where does “periférico” come from?
periférico (Spanish) comes from Spanish periferia, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια, from Ancient Greek περιφερής, from Ancient Greek περιφέρω, from Ancient Greek περῐ-, from New Latin helium, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.
periférico (Spanish): peripheral
Definitions
- peripheral
Ancestry of “periférico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | periferia | periphery |
| 2 | Late Latin | peripheria | circumference; periphery |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρεια | circumference, periphery; the line around the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | περιφερής | Circular, round |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | περιφέρω | to carry round, carry about; to survive, endure,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 7 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |