Where does “טיפּאָגראַפֿיש” come from?
טיפּאָגראַפֿיש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish טיפּאָגראַפֿיע, from French typographie, from French typographe, from Medieval Latin typographia, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
טיפּאָגראַפֿיש (Yiddish): typographical
Definitions
- typographical
Ancestry of “טיפּאָגראַפֿיש”, step by step
טיפּאָגראַפֿיש traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish טיפּאָגראַפֿיע
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | טיפּאָגראַפֿיע | typography |
| 2 | French | typographie | typography; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | typographe | typographer |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | typographia | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Yiddish ־יש
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־יש | -ish, -ic, -y; -ian; -ish, -ese |
| 2 | Middle High German | -isch | — |
| 3 | Old High German | -isc | used to form adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |