English
amphidiorthosis
Amphidiorthosis comes from Ancient Greek ἀμφιδιόρθωσις.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀμφιδιόρθωσιςamphidiórthōsis
- Englishtodayamphidiorthosis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀμφιδιόρθωσιςamphidiórthōsis
- Englishtodayamphidiorthosis
A compound of ἀμφί ‘on both sides’ + διά ‘through’ + ὀρθόω ‘to set straight’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi ‘round about, around’
Proto-Hellenic *ampʰí
Ancient Greek ἀμφί ‘on both sides’
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’
Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘twice, in two’
Ancient Greek διά ‘through’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘upright’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰwós
Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós
Ancient Greek ὀρθός ‘straight’
Ancient Greek ὀρθόω ‘to set straight’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀμφιδιόρθωσις
Today it means
noun A figure in which the speaker corrects or qualifies both what has been said and the hearer's potential reaction; a double correction that prevents offense or shock .
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀμφιδιόρθωσις / amphidiorthosis