Where does “Aporia” come from?
Aporia (Translingual) comes from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία, from Ancient Greek ἄπορος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Aporia (Translingual): genus
Definitions
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Ancestry of “Aporia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aporia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀπορία | a difficulty in passage; difficulty,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄπορος | without passage, impassable, having no way... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |